Rico Hizon’s career as a broadcast journalist began at GMA Network, where from 1988 to 1995, he covered hard-hitting beats such as capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment, and corporate developments.

He anchored the daily business program, Business Today, GMA News Live and Stock Market Live. He then joined CNBC Asia in 1995 and was the main anchor of the morning edition of CNBC Today, Squawk Box, Market Watch and Power Lunch.

By 2002 Hizon joined the BBC, where he anchored the daily business and finance programme Asia Business Report and Asia Today. He also co-presented Newsday and was a correspondent for the BBC World Business Report. In March 2020, Hizon announced his departure from BBC, and shortly thereafter, he joined CNN Philippines as senior anchor and director for news content development. In these roles, and through his late-night newscast The Final Word and his business program The Exchange, Hizon has become one of the Philippines’ most prominent broadcast journalists.