Asos Co-Founder Dies in Thailand Fall
Quentin Griffiths co-founded the fashion retailer Asos in 2000. He died after falling from an apartment building in Pattaya, Thailand.
The building was 18 storeys high. Police in Pattaya were called on 9 February.
A man was found dead. An autopsy found no signs of foul play. Griffiths had remained a significant shareholder after leaving Asos five years later.
Klear Note — Asos is a major online fashion retailer founded in 2000. Griffiths left the company around 2005 but kept ownership stake.
Key Terms 3
- Asos A large online fashion retailer that sells clothes and accessories.
- shareholder A person who owns a part of a company.
- autopsy A medical check done after death to find out how someone died.