Cash App cofounder Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco

By Ovunc Kutlu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Bob Lee, the American technology entrepreneur who cofounded Cash App, the mobile payment service provider, was stabbed to death in the US city of San Francisco, according to media reports Wednesday.

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said on its website that officers from Southern Station responded to the 300 block of Main Street for a report of a stabbing at approximately 2:35 a.m. local time Tuesday.

"Officers arrived on scene and located a 43-year-old adult 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," it said.

The SFPD noted that the incident is being investigated by its homicide detail.

NBC Bay Area reported shortly after that the individual was Bob Lee.

Lee was serving as the chief product officer of MobileCoin -- a cryptocurrency transaction company. Its founder and CEO, Joshua Goldbard, confirmed his death in a statement released Wednesday on the company's website.

"Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature. Bob was the genuine article ... Bob first came to MobileCoin as an early-stage investor and advisor because he believed in the vision of privacy in commerce," he wrote in a statement.

Goldbard also wrote on Twitter: "@crazybob was an incredible human being. Saying bob’s name in the past tense feels ridiculous.”

Lee also served as the chief technology officer of the payment company Square, which later became to be known as Block.