Bob Lee, a technology executive who founded Cash App and was presently chief product officer of MobileCoin has been fatally stabbed in San Francisco early on Tuesday.
According to a press release from the San Francisco Police Department, officers went to a report of a stabbing on Main Street at 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday and discovered a 43-year-old man with what appeared to be stab wounds.
At a hospital, the deceased passed away. Although the deceased was unidentified by the police, MobileCoin told CBS News that Lee had passed away.
“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.
“Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature,” Goldbard wrote. “Bob was the genuine article. He was made for the world that is being born right now, he was a child of dreams, and whatever he imagined, no matter how crazy, he made real.”
Lee’s father posted a statement on Facebook, confirming that his son had died “on the street in San Francisco.”
“I just lost my best friend,” Rick Lee wrote.
The police statement did not provide any details on the circumstances of the stabbing.
“This is an open and active 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.”
