Bob Lee, the primary item officer at MobileCoin.
Source: MobileCoin
A guy who was fatally stabbed early Tuesday near downtown San Francisco was tech executive Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and previous primary innovation officer of Square, sources informed NBC Bay Area.
The San Francisco Police Department stated officers reacted to a report of a stabbing at around 2: 35 a.m.Tuesday They discovered a 43- year-old guy with obvious stab injuries, cops stated.
The guy was required to a medical facility with lethal injuries and later on passed away, cops stated.
Police did not call the guy, however sources recognized Lee, who was working as the primary item officer of MobileCoin, as the victim to NBC Bay Area.
“Bob was a force of nature. Helped to birth Android and CashApp into our world,” Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of MobileCoin informed ABC affiliate KGO of SanFrancisco “Moby was his dream: a privacy protecting wallet for the 21st Century. I will miss him every day.”
MobileCoin did not instantly react to an ask for a declaration early Wednesday.
As of early Wednesday, no arrests appeared to have actually been made.
Police stated Tuesday that the event was being examined by the department’s murder information.
Tributes have actually gathered on social networks for Lee, with previous mixed martial arts fighter Jake Shields keeping in mind the tech executive as a “loyal friend.”
In an earlier tweet, Shields had actually stated he had “just found out my good friend was killed last night” while strolling in a “‘good’ part of the city.”
Responding to Shields’ tweet, Twitter chief Elon Musk stated he was “very sorry” to find out of Lee’s death.
