Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and a tech executive at MobileCoin, was killed early Tuesday morning after he was stabbed in San Francisco, according to friends, his company and police.
San Francisco police say they were called to the scene of a stabbing around 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday, where they found a 43-year-old male victim with stab wounds. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and ultimately died.
Authorities are now investigating the case as a homicide.
MobileCoin told CBS News and others that Lee was the victim in that stabbing.
“Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature,” MobileCoin CEO Josh Goldbard told CBS. “Bob was the genuine article. He was made for the world that is being born right now, he was a child of dreams, and whatever he imagined, no matter how crazy, he made real.”
Lee’s dad, Rick Lee, mourned the loss of his “best friend” in a post on Facebook Wednesday.
He lost his life on the street in San Francisco,” the elder Lee wrote.
“Bob would give you the shirt off his back,” he added. “He would never look down on anyone and adhered to a strict no-judgment philosophy. Bobby worked harder than anyone and was the smartest person I have ever known.”
Bob’s brother, Tim Oliver Lee, wrote on Facebook that he is “saddened and disheartened” by the news.
“He really was the best of us,” he wrote. “I was so fortunate to grow up with him, and I feel like I’ve lost part of myself.”
Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of information available about what happened to Bob Lee beyond the fact that he was fatally stabbed early Tuesday morning in San Fransisco. Arrests regarding the stabbing have yet to be made and no information about the alleged suspect(s) has been made public at this time.
Bob Lee Dead At 43: He Was Very Successful And Driven
Best known as the founder of Cash App, Bob Lee was an extremely successful and driven individual. He accomplished a lot during his 43 years of life and he had a brilliant mind that will be missed by society.
At the time of his passing, Bob Lee was the current CPO of a company called MobileCoin. He was previously the CTO of a mobile payment app called Square. And, he even spent an earlier portion of his career working for Google.
The CEO of MobileCoin, Joshua Goldbard is brokenhearted to learn of Bob Lee’s passing and says he will miss him dearly.
“Bob was a force of nature. Helped to birth Android and CashApp into our world. Moby was his dream: a privacy protecting wallet for the 21st Century. I will miss him every day.”
Sadly, this is still a breaking/developing story which will be updated as more information becomes available about what happened to Bob Lee.
Anyone with information on what happened has been asked to call the tip line at 415-575-4444 or tips can be texted to TIP411.
Rest in peace, Bob Lee.
