On April 3 at 2:35 AM PDT, Bob Lee, the chief product officer of MobileCoin and founder of Cash App, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco, California.
The incident occurred in the 300 block of Main Street in SoMa, and the San Francisco Police Department was called to the scene.
Lee was immediately taken to the hospital but sadly passed away. The police are currently investigating the matter and have not disclosed any details regarding the circumstances of the stabbing.
What people said about him
The global tech community expressed their condolences and sorrow upon hearing about Lee's passing.
Numerous colleagues and friends, including Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, Joshua Goldbard, CEO of MobileCoin, and the CEO of Figma, Dylan Field, among others, took to Twitter to share their thoughts about Lee.So sad to hear of @crazybob’s untimely passing. I first met him in summer 2006 — he didn’t care that I was only 14 and we talked tech / geeked out about programming. We remained connected over the years and he was an early supporter of Figma. It’s so hard to believe he is gone.
— Dylan Field (@zoink) April 5, 2023
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Block, on nostr said “It’s real. Getting calls. Heartbreaking. Bob was instrumental to Square and Cash App. STL guy,” Jack Dorsey, wrote on nostr.
Crazy Bob, as he was fondly called, also had someone like the CEO of Figma, say something about him on Twitter.
In a statement from MobileCoin, the CEO, Joshua Goldbard, said, “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.”
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