Bob Lee Death And Obituary – Officials confirm that Bob Lee, the inventor of Cash App and the chief product officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, was slain in a stabbing in San Francisco.
The fatal San Francisco stabbing occurred at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday on the 300 block of Main Street, according to police.
No arrests have been made, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
“I want to express my heartfelt condolences to Mr. Lee’s family members and loved ones for his loss,” she added. In San Francisco, we do not accept these heinous acts of violence.”
Lee was the CTO of mobile payment service Square and the founder of Cash service before joining San Francisco-based MobileCoin. He had also previously worked at Google.
Some of Lee’s high-profile friends and other tech leaders have gone to social media to express their admiration for Lee, as well as their sorrow and frustration at his loss.
Lee was a parent, according to Abra’s CEO, and “he was a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed.”
“He was in the ‘good’ part of the city and appeared to have been targeted in a random mugging/attack,” MMA athlete Jake Shields said on social media.
Elon Musk responded to Shields’ tweet, mentioning the city of San Francisco’s public safety issues.
“I’m really sad to hear that. Many of the folks I know have been badly beaten. “Violent crime in San Francisco is atrocious, and even when attackers are apprehended, they are frequently released immediately,” Musk tweeted.
Musk also addressed Jenkins in the tweet, wondering if San Francisco is “taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat violent offenders.”
“Bob was a force of nature,” said Joshua Goldbard, CEO of MobileCoin, in a statement to ABC7 News. Aided in the birth of Android and CashApp into our planet. Moby was his vision: a privacy-protecting wallet for the twenty-first century. Every day, I will miss him.”
Goldbard issued a comprehensive statement, which may be seen here:
“Our dear friend and colleague, Bob Lee, died yesterday at the age of 43, leaving behind a loving family and a group of close friends and collaborators.”
Bob was a dynamo, a natural force. Bob was the real thing. He was created for the world that is being born right now; he was a child of ideas who made true anything he envisaged, no matter how absurd.
Bob was built for the new world; he was the ultimate creator, leader, and hacker. From huge contributions to Android at Google to being the first CTO of Square, establishing CashApp at the time, and working with us here at Mobilecoin, Bob left an indelible mark on the world. This may sound impressive, but Bob’s true resume is the lives he affected during his time on Earth. Bob’s legacy is the belief that if you strive hard enough, you can make a difference, as well as his great children.
Bob became an early-stage investor and advisor to MobileCoin because he believed in the vision of privacy in commerce. He then joined us as our Chief Product Officer and assisted with the introduction of our Moby app, bringing to the table a best-in-class, non-custodial wallet to help us achieve our aim of private payments for everybody. Crypto has never seen anything like this before — Moby pioneered and continues to pioneer.
Bob believed in the importance of privacy. He desired a future in which you and I could conduct business without being watched by exploitative corporations and criminals. We are grateful and humbled by everything he has done for us and to help MobileCoin’s vision develop.
According to Steve Jobs, “Real Artists Ship,” and Bob was a true artist who shipped. Once more, and again, and again. And we’ll keep shipping, channeling Bob’s energy and passion.
Here’s to the outlandish. Bob, we will miss you. We adore you.
For the time being, MobileCoin will be in mourning. We are now focusing on honoring Bob’s legacy by keeping his loved ones close.”