Name To A Face: Dr Jill’s Sakpipat Prapasitthi

Born in 1983 to a Bangkok family, Sakpipat Prapasitthi, founder of the popular beauty product brand Dr Jill, admits to having an entrepreneurial streak from a young age. The 38-year-old smiles, “Ever since I was little I had the mindset to get on, so often tutored my friends and juniors in school, for a consideration of course! It was a means to make some pocket money and consolidate my own studies.” It was a practice he kept up while studying packaging and materials technology at the faculty of agro-industry at Kasetsart University. 

In his first year of university, C as he is known, was introduced to Amway and worked there part-time. “I learned a lot about the original equipment manufacturing industry (OEM). So when I graduated in 2005 I went to work in product development at an OEM company that provided for many other brands.” There, C poured himself into his job, even…