The co-founder of online fashion giant Asos has died after mysteriously falling from a balcony in Thailand.
Quentin Griffiths, a 58-year-old multi-millionaire retail entrepreneur, fell from his 17th-floor condo.
Police found no signs of foul play inside the apartment, but have not ruled out foul play pending further testing on her body.
It follows a bitter row with his Thai ex-wife, after she accused him of stealing £500,000 from the company they ran together.
She was arrested last year and interrogated by detectives after they claimed she had forged documents to sell land and shares in the firm without his knowledge.
Griffith insisted he was innocent and was released after questioning. The investigation was ongoing.
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His exact cause of death will not be established until a full post-mortem, which could take several months.
Police and paramedics found him on the ground below his balcony in Pattaya.
A source close to his family said: “It’s a real mystery. The phrase ‘suspicious circumstances’ has been used but we don’t know yet.”
Griffiths made a fortune after helping launch Asos in 2000.
It became a £3bn global phenomenon with Princess wales and Michelle Obama are both wearing designs from their respective labels.
Griffiths, an ex-advertising executive, left the post of marketing director after four years, but made £15 million from a share sale in 2010 and another stock windfall in 2013.
The father of three moved to Thailand around 2007 and, after divorcing his first wife, married a Thai woman. They had a son and daughter but separated a few years ago.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Thailand and we are in contact with local authorities.”
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