Cash App founder, Bob Lee reportedly stabbed to death in San Francisco

Bob Lee, the chief product officer at MobileCoin, was killed in a deadly stabbing in San Francisco. He was the creator of Cash App (formerly Square Cash), a mobile payment service that lets users transfer money to each other. 

On Tuesday morning, at 2:35 a.m., the San Francisco Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing near the 300 block of Main Street in SoMa. however, he was taken to a hospital but fall victim to his injuries.

Shortly after, NBC Bay Area reported that the victim of the stabbing was Bob Lee, 43. MobileCoin confirmed the information in a statement sent to Bloomberg and ABC7 News.

Before joining MobileCoin, Bob Lee worked at Google for the first few years of Android, focusing on core library development. He then joined Square, the payment company  to develop its Android app. He became the company’s first CTO and also created Cash App.

No arrests have been made and the police have made a call for witnesses and help from the public.

“This remains an active investigation,” police said. Police asked anyone with information about the incident to call 1-415-575-4444.