On Tuesday morning, March 5, 43-year-old IT executive Bob Lee, the founder of the mobile payment app Cash App, was brutally stabbed to death in San Francisco, California.
The Incident
According to a press release from the police, they received information about the incident at 2.35 am on Tuesday and arrived at the site in the 300 block of Main Street. When the police noticed the man, they contacted the ambulance, and he was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
As per NDTV reports, initially, the police could not recognize the body, but later on, Lee’s friends confirmed his identity.
According to the police’s statement, the victim died from his injuries before getting to the hospital.
The San Francisco Police Department has not disclosed the identities of any suspects or made any arrests.
About Bob Lee
Bob Lee worked with Google during the early years of Android, concentrating on core library development, before joining MobileCoin. To create Square’s Android app, he eventually joined Square, the payments firm that changed its name to Block. He was the company’s first CTO and the creator of the Cash App.
Bob Lee, sometimes called “Crazy Bob,” invested in various start-ups. He made investments in companies including SpaceX, Clubhouse, Tile, Figma, Faire, Orchid, and others, proudly mentioned on his LinkedIn page.
Lee helped the World Health Organization with its mobile app during the outbreak of COVID-19 and later contributed to the creation of an at-home testing business.
The news has shaken the tech community, and social media sites are flooded with tributes to the late tech genius.
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