The millionaire co-founder of the fast-fashion website ASOS has died after falling from his Seventeenth-floor condo in Thailand.
Quentin Griffiths was found dead on the bottom outside the 18-floor The Elysium complex within the eastern city of Pattaya on Monday evening.
He was by himself – his room locked from the within – and there was no trace of break-ins, a police investigator told the BBC.
Griffiths’ exact reason for death is unknown but no evidence of foul play was found during an autopsy.
A source near his family told The Sun: ‘It’s an actual mystery. The phrase “suspicious circumstances” has been used but we just don’t know yet.’
The investigator added that Griffiths was involved in two ongoing court cases that ‘may need caused him stress’.
The daddy of three was involved in a dispute along with his Thai ex-wife, who has been accused of stealing £500,000 from an organization they operated.
She accused Griffiths of forging documents to sell land and shares within the firm without her consent.
Griffiths was reportedly arrested and questioned by detectives and later released – he denied any wrongdoing.
He moved to Thailand in 2007 to be along with his former wife, who had a son and a daughter with him before they split several years ago.
The Foreign Office said: ‘We’re supporting the family of a British national who has died in Thailand and are in touch with the local authorities.’
Griffiths co-founded ASOS in 2000 together with Nick Robertson and Andrew Regan.
He called it quits with the style giant 4 years later, before making £15 million from share sales in 2010.
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