Birth name Pornsak Prajakwit Occupation Media personality | Years active 2004–present Name Pornsak Prajakwit | |
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Education Singapore Management University (2004) | ||
Pornsak Prajakwit, better known as Pornsak, is a Thai media personality and television host in Singapore. He speaks English, Mandarin and Thai and appears on programming from the Mediacorp network including the Mandarin language Channel 8 and Channel U as well as the English-language Channel 5.
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Early life and education
Pornsak was born in 1982 in Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand to a mainland Chinese father and a Thai-Chinese mother. Pornsak's mother died when he was five years old. Shortly afterwards, his father sent him to Singapore where he studied at South View Primary School, Clementi Town Secondary School and Jurong Junior College. During his early years, he reportedly suffered from a language impediment. In 2004, Pornsak graduated with Bachelor of Business Management from Singapore Management University. Pornsak attended Monash University, where he read for a master's degree in Early Childhood Education. In June 2015, he obtained his bachelor's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.
Career
Pornsak won a competition run by Singapore Press Holdings radio station UFM 1003 and joined them as a full-time radio deejay. He started as a television host at Mediacorp in 2007.
Pornsak has hosted many different genres of shows. In 2007, he won the title of Best Newcomer at the Star Awards. He subsequently was voted to the "Top 10 Most Popular Artiste" and won the "Rocket Award".
Pornsak co-owns a Thai restaurant chain. and founded an education lab for young children.
