{"id":436373,"date":"2026-02-20T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436373\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:10:08","slug":"asos-pays-tribute-to-co-founder-after-death-from-thailand-balcony-fall-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436373\/","title":{"rendered":"ASOS pays tribute to co-founder after death from Thailand balcony fall | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Thailand.<\/p>\n

Quentin Griffiths fell from the 17th floor of the apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on 9 February, Thai have police said.<\/p>\n

Police said initial investigations suggest there are no indications of foul play.<\/p>\n

An Asos spokesperson said: “We’re saddened to hear about the passing of Quentin, one of our original co-founders.<\/p>\n

“He played an important role in Asos’s earliest days and we’re forever grateful for his contribution. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”<\/p>\n

Police said CCTV showed no sign of anybody entering Griffiths’ apartment, where he lived alone, the force added.<\/p>\n

His body has been sent for a post-mortem, they added.<\/p>\n

The police also quoted a Thai friend of Mr Griffiths saying he had been worried about lawsuits from his former wife, who is a Thai national.<\/p>\n

Documents related to those lawsuits were found in the apartment, they added.<\/p>\n

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Mr Griffiths cofounded fast-fashion retailer ASOS in 2000 and remained a large shareholder after leaving the company.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Thailand and are in contact with the local authorities.”<\/p>\n

Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org<\/a> in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-436373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}