Quentin Griffiths, a co-founder of the British clothing company ASOS, died in Thailand after falling from the balcony of his apartment, Thai police said Friday.
Police said Griffiths, a 58-year-old British national, fell from the 17th floor of a residential building in the resort city of Pattaya on Feb. 9. Officers who arrived at the scene found his body on the ground directly below the balcony.
Police said that after a preliminary investigation there was no suspicion he had been assaulted. Security camera footage showed no signs of anyone entering his apartment, where he lived alone. His body was sent for an autopsy.
Griffiths helped establish ASOS in 2000 alongside Nick Robertson and Andrew Regan and worked at the company until 2005. The business grew into a global retailer valued at 3 billion pounds, or about $3.8 billion. Griffiths, a former senior advertising executive, stepped down from his role as marketing director after several years. He later made 15 million pounds from selling shares in 2010 and realized additional gains from shares in 2013.
He moved to Thailand and, after divorcing his first wife, married a Thai woman. The couple had two children before later separating.
According to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, Griffiths was arrested and questioned last year after his ex-wife alleged that he had forged documents to sell land and shares in a business without her knowledge. Griffiths denied the allegations and was released following questioning.
In a report by Reuters, police cited a Thai friend of Griffiths who said he had been distressed by legal claims filed against him by his ex-wife. Documents related to those claims were found in his apartment, police said.