 After his family moved to Ireland in 1961, Ferdinand von Prondzynski was educated at Headfort School, Kells, County Meath.In 1968 the family returned to Germany, and after a short time in the Schule Schloss Salem boarding school, Prondzynski attended the Thomas-Morus Gymnasium in Oelde, passing his "Abitur" examination in 1972.Having worked for Dresdner Bank AG in Germany from 1972 to 1974, Prondzynski returned to Ireland.