Chaikiri Srifuengfung, a businessman whose family founded Thai-Asahi Glass Plc, reportedly killed himself in a condominium on Sukhumvit soi 31 on Thursday night.
Police said Chaikiri, 69, was found dead on the rooftop of Kiat Thani Mansion City. He had shot himself through the chin with a .38 pistol.
Pol Col Chumpol Phumphuang, superintendent of Thong Lor police station, said an initial examination by a doctor had ruled out foul play.
The preliminary assumption was stress was the motivation behind the suicide, Pol Col Chumpol said.
Chaikiri was the chairman of resort developer Horseshoe Point, which is researching the construction of an Eco Village in Pattaya using renewable power from sunlight, wind and biomass and storing it in a vanadium-redox flow battery to power the development and sell the surplus output to the Provincial Electricity Authority.
Horseshoe Point also has the first first European-style horse riding school and associated hotel in Asia.
In 2012, Chaikiri resigned from Thai-Asahi Glass Plc, ending his family’s 36-year involvement with the leading glass company they founded in 1964 and had run ever since.
His family also operates other businesses in areas of plastics, chemicals, automobile tires, transportation and finance, the Bangkok Post reported.
