One of the co-founders of the British fashion company Asos, Quentin Griffithsdied in Thailand after falling from the 17th floor of a building in the tourist city of Pattaya. The tycoon was 58 years old and tragic circumstances of death they generate commotion.
Local police authorities confirmed the identity of the deceased after reporting that his body was found on February 9 in front of an apartment complex overlooking the coast, located about 150 kilometers southeast of Bangkok.
In dialogue with the BBC An agent involved in the investigation stated that Griffiths was alone, with his room locked from the inside and with no signs of a previous disturbance, such as a robbery or a physical dispute.
However, officers added that foul play will not be ruled out until more forensic evidence is obtained. The cause of his death will be determined when a full autopsy is performed, a process they anticipated could take several months.
Who was Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of ASOS
Griffiths was an advertising executive when he founded the company in 2000. As Seen On Screen (What you see on the screen), before adopting the acronym ASOStogether with its partners Nick Robertson, Andrew Regan y Deborah Thorpe.
The company focused on selling clothes online and grew to become one of the largest online fashion stores in the world.
Asos was once valued at more than $8.085 million. Kate Middelton, the Princess of Wales, and Michelle Obama are some of the personalities who wore designs from the brand.
According to its website, the fashion giant currently has 17 million active customers in more than 150 markets.
Griffiths left his role as marketing director in 2005, after four years of uninterrupted success, to pursue other businesses. As reported by the Daily Mailin 2010 He made more than 20 million dollars from the sale of shares and received another stock windfall in 2013.
He later sued his accountants, claiming they had given him wrong advice on how to avoid taxes. He argued that he lost more than $5 million in sales tax on more than $13 million in Asos shares and Achica, another exclusive online retailer that he also co-founded.
Quentin Griffiths’ dispute with his ex-wife
After divorcing his first wife, with whom he had fathered a son, he moved to Thailand in 2007. He married a Thai woman, whose name is unknown, and had two more children.
A source close to the family was consulted by the British tabloid The Sun and provided a brief statement about the tragic death: «It’s a real mystery. The phrase ‘suspicious circumstances’ was used, but we still don’t know.»
The same media details that Griffiths was facing an ongoing legal dispute with his Thai ex-wife, who accused him of stealing more than $600,000 from a company they operated together.
In 2025 Griffiths was reportedly arrested and questioned by detectives after she alleged that he had falsified documents to sell land and shares in the business without her knowledge.
After denying the accusations, he was reportedly released, but the investigation is believed to have been ongoing at the time of his death.
With information from the EFE agency.
