Bob Lee, the Cash app founder, was stabbed to death in San Francisco

A Search for “Bob Lee, 43,” with the San Francisco Police Department: “I have more questions than answers tonight,” Goldbard tweeted

“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,” MobileCoin CEO Josh Goldbard said in a statement.

While Goldbard did not provide the circumstances of Lee’s death in his statement, he wrote in a separate Twitter thread reacting to the news that, “As a lifelong Bay Area resident I have more questions than answers tonight.”

According to the San Francisco Police Department’s statement, officers responded to the report of a stabbing early Tuesday morning in the Rincon area of San Francisco, where they found a 43-year-old male victim suffering from apparent stab wounds.

“Officers rendered aid and summoned medics to the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Despite efforts by first responders and medical personnel, the victim succumbed to his injuries,” the police statement said.

Multiple local news organizations cited unnamed police sources saying Lee was the victim of the stabbing. Police indicated no arrests have been made and that the investigation remains active.

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Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Square, wrote a post on the Nosr social media app early Wednesday, saying that he was responding to the news. The person wrote, “heartbreaking.” “Bob was instrumental to Square and Cash App.”

SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police.

“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,” he said.

Prominent venture capitalist Ron Conway, founder of the San Francisco-based investment firm SV Angel, tweeted Wednesday that Lee’s loss was an immense tragedy.

“Deepest condolences to Bob’s family and to the entire tech community,” Conway said. Bob gave a talk at the CEO Summit and I remembered fondly. We have lost a great innovator and intelligence. Praying a suspect is apprehended swiftly.”

This is an active and open investigation. For that reason we are not releasing further information,” Officer Niccole Pacchetti, a public information officer, said in an email. “We will provide further details when they become available.”