Tributes paid to former Square CTO Bob Lee, 43
Tech exec Bob Lee has died after he was stabbed in San Francisco in the early hours of Tuesday.
Lee, well regarded in Silicon Valley, was the chief product officer of cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin. He was previously CTO of digital payments giant Square, today known as Block, and founded Cash App, which is used by tens of millions of people to transfer cash and invest in markets.
According to SF police, a 43-year-old man was found with stab wounds around the 300 block of Main Street at 0230 on April 3. He died of his injuries after being taken to hospital. A homicide investigation is underway, we’re told.
Though the US city’s cops did not identify the victim, his friends and colleagues confirmed it was Lee who was fatally attacked.
« 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, » the team at MobileCoin said, echoing the many tributes paid to the tech exec on social media today.
« Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature.
