CASH App founder and tech executive Bob Lee was brutally stabbed to death in a horrific attack in San Francisco.
The entrepreneur, 43, died from his injuries following the horror attack that happened early on Tuesday morning in the Rincon Hill neighborhood.
Lee founded CashApp and was the chief product officer at the cryptocurrency company MobileCoin.
The tech guru, who was also known as Crazy Bob, was previously a chief technology officer at Square and also worked as a Google software engineer.
Lee also worked on the development of the core libraries for Android.
The entrepreneur also had shares in SpaceX and shared footage that was captured at the Tranche 0 satellite launch on April 2. It turned out to be his final Twitter post.
He also helped the World Health Organization with its mobile app during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to his MobileCoin profile.
Tributes have poured in from across the tech industry following Lee’s death.
Jack Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter, said Lee was “instrumental” to the development of CashApp.
Tesla mogul Elon Musk revealed he was “sorry” to learn that Lee had died.
Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of Mobile Coin, told the ABC affiliate KGO: “Bob was a force of nature.
“Helped to birth Android and CashApp into our world.
“Moby was his dream: a privacy-protecting wallet for the 21st Century. I will miss him every day.”
Goldbard added: “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.”
Bill Barhydt, the CEO of the crypto platform Abra, said: “He (Bob) was a generous, decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed.”
Tech entrepreneur Greg Osuri said the industry had “lost one of its best.”
And, former MMA star Jake Shields said Lee was a “loyal friend.”
Cops have launched a homicide probe but have made no arrests.
The motive of the stabbing currently remains unknown.
