Gerardo Greco graduated from LUISS Guido Carli university in Rome.

He then went on to study at the school of Radio and Television Journalism in Perugia, Italy.

His work at this time is most characterized by the Tangentopoli scandal, a large-scale criminal investigation in the early 1990s against widespread corruption and bribery in Italian administrative, political, and business circles.

In 2001, he became the first North American correspondent for RAI in New York, and shortly afterward for the TG2 network.

He has reported many notable breaking news stories in North America to Italy including that of the Bush presidency, the natural disaster incurred by Hurricane Katrina and the 2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl Castro.