A person who was fatally stabbed early Tuesday close to downtown San Francisco was tech government Bob Lee, the founding father of Money App and former chief know-how officer of Sq., sources advised NBC Bay Space.
The San Francisco Police Division mentioned officers had responded to a report of a stabbing at round 2:35 a.m. Tuesday. They discovered a 43-year-old man affected by obvious stab wounds, police mentioned.
The person was transported to an area hospital in life-threatening situation and later died, police mentioned.
Police didn’t identify the person, however sources recognized Lee, who was serving because the chief chief product officer of MobileCoin, because the sufferer to NBC Bay Space.
“Bob was a power of nature. Helped to beginning Android and CashApp into our world,” Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of MobileCoin advised ABC7 Information. “Moby was his dream: a privateness defending pockets for the twenty first Century. I’ll miss him every single day.”
MobileCoin didn’t instantly reply to a request for a press release early Wednesday.
As of early Wednesday, no arrests appeared to have been made.
Police mentioned Tuesday that the incident was being investigated by the division’s murder element.
Tributes have poured in on social media for Lee, with former MMA fighter Jake Shields remembering the tech government as a “loyal good friend.”
In an earlier tweet, Shields had mentioned he had “simply discovered my good good friend was killed final night time” whereas strolling in a “‘good’ a part of the town.”
Responding to Shields’ tweet, Twitter chief Elon Musk mentioned he was “very sorry” to be taught of Lee’s demise.
