Bob Lee

Tech executive Bob Lee, the former chief technology officer of Square who helped launch Cash App, has died after being fatally stabbed in San Francisco, ...

In total, there were 56 homicides in San Francisco in 2022, which is the exact same number of homicides the city saw in 2021. “Heartbreaking,” Dorsey wrote. [uptick in crime](https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/us/san-francisco-crime-homeless-opioid-pandemic/index.html) as it still attempts to bounce back from the pandemic. “Officers rendered aid and summoned medics to the scene. “He would never look down on anyone and adhered to a strict no-judgment philosophy.” Bob was the genuine article.

Bob Lee created the popular mobile payment service during his time at Block and was an executive at MobileCoin.

He was a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed,” He was hired by Block to develop the company’s Android app, and was promoted to chief technology officer in 2011. [posted](https://twitter.com/zoink/status/1643500121802551297) on Twitter early Wednesday morning. Lee created the mobile payment service Cash App in 2013 while he was working at Jack Dorsey’s Block formerly known as Square. The murder rate in San Francisco has risen slightly since 2019, but the overall crime rate is down, according to Officers responded to reports of a stabbing near the Bay Bridge at 2:35 a.m.

Businessman Bob Lee, who founded Cash App, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, according to reports.

Jack Dorsey, whose company Block owns Cash App, also confirmed Lee’s passing in a post on the decentralized social media platform Nostr. “I’m still in shock,” the friend said. “Many people I know have been severely assaulted,” Musk tweeted. [The San Francisco Standard](https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/san-francisco-stabbing-victim-bob-lee-former-cto-square-mobilecoin/) described Lee as “a longtime member of the Bay Area software development community who had recently moved to Miami.” [according to San Francisco police](https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-investigates-main-street-homicide-23-039). Nancy Pelosi’s district — on Tuesday morning, authorities and loved ones said.

Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature,” a former colleague of Bob Lee said.

"Bob's real resume is the hearts and minds he touched in his time on earth," Goldbard said. "Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature," Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of MobileCoin, told ABC News in a statement. Police responded to a report of a stabbing early Tuesday, around 2:35 a.m., and found a 43-year-old man suffering from stab wounds, a San Francisco Police Department report said.

According to reports, CashApp founder and current CPO of MobileCoin Bob Lee was the victim of a stabbing in San Francisco early Tuesday morning.

Bob first came to MobileCoin as an early-stage investor and advisor because he believed in the vision of privacy in commerce. Bob believed in the dignity of privacy. He then came on as our Chief Product Officer and helped launch our Moby app, delivering to the work a best-in-class, non-custodial wallet to support the goal of private payments for all. Bob's legacy is the feeling that you can make a difference if you try, and of course his amazing children. From large contributions to Android at google, to being the first CTO of Square, in that time creating CashApp, and working with us here at Mobilecoin, Bob surely had an impact that will last far beyond his short time on earth. Before his current job, he acted as CTO of mobile payment app Square and the creator of CashApp. Supervisor Matt Dorsey told reporters, "This is not a city where anybody should fear for their lives at 2:30 in the morning. He's the kind of guy to give you phone calls and talk about issues and it's there's not many people like that anymore," Shields told ABC7 News. "I lived in San Francisco for 20 years," he continued. Violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately," Musk tweeted. That adds quite an element of sadness to it." So that's a little strange," he said.

Bob Lee, Cash App creator and chief product officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, died after an apparent stabbing in San Francisco Tuesday.

He was a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed," CEO of Abra Bill Barhydt "Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature... [Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day.](https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/everyones-talking/) We love you." "We will miss you Bob. The San Francisco Police Department responded to reported stabbing at around 2:35 a.m.

Bob Lee's death was confirmed by Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of his current employer MobileCoin.

The San Francisco Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of a stabbing on Main Street at 2:35 a.m. For that reason we are not releasing further information,” Officer Niccole Pacchetti, a public information officer, said in an email. Lee was the chief technology officer at digital payments company Square in 2013 when it launched a money transfer application now known as Cash App.

Mr. Lee, 43, the chief product officer at the cryptocurrency start-up MobileCoin, was the victim in a fatal stabbing on a city street early Tuesday, ...

[on Twitter](https://twitter.com/zoink/status/1643500121802551297) that he had first met Mr. Mr. Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, called Mr. As of April 2, there have been 12 homicides in San Francisco this year, according to the San Francisco Police Department. He was also a start-up adviser and had invested in companies including SpaceX and Clubhouse, [according to his LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/crazybob/). The founder and chief executive of MobileCoin, Joshua Goldbard, confirmed in an emailed statement that Mr. But KPIX, the local CBS affiliate, [reported](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/fatal-stabbing-bob-lee-mobile-coin-san-francisco-main-street-rincon-hill/) that friends of Mr. At the time of his death, Mr. Dorsey, the San Francisco supervisor, said that he had been speaking with the police about the investigation into the stabbing since Tuesday morning. [The San Francisco Police Department said](https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-investigates-main-street-homicide-23-039) it responded to a call about a stabbing in the Rincon Hill neighborhood at about 2:35 a.m. “Bob would give you the shirt off his back,” Mr. Lee’s death was “a senseless tragedy that I know is made worse by the fact that no suspect is yet in custody.”

“Our dear friend and colleague, Bob Lee passed away yesterday at the age of 43, survived by a loving family and collection of close friends and collaborators,” ...

The report did not identify the victim and stated that no arrests have been made in the case. Bob was the genuine article.” “Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature.

Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, has been fatally stabbed in San Francisco.

Calls and emails to the department’s media relations office were not immediately returned early Wednesday. The San Francisco Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of a stabbing on Main Street at 2:35 a.m. Lee was the chief technology officer at digital payments company Square in 2013 when it launched a money transfer application now known as Cash App.

Friends and family are remembering Bob Lee, the Cash App founder and CPO of MobileCoin who was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday morning.

Bob Lee, a Silicon Valley executive who created Cash App, died after he was fatally stabbed in San Francisco.