{"id":39197,"date":"2023-04-05T02:13:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=39197"},"modified":"2023-04-05T03:55:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:55:18","slug":"tech-executive-bob-lee-killed-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/tech-executive-bob-lee-killed-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Lee, who helped create Cash App and Android, killed in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tech executive and investor Bob Lee, who helped create Cash App and Android, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco, officials and co-workers say. He was 43 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident happened at 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday when officers were called to the 300 block of Main Street, near the entrance to a high-rise condominium building. When they arrived, they found Lee suffering from apparent stab wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Officers rendered aid and summoned medics to the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries,&#8221; police said in a statement. &#8220;Despite efforts by first responders and medical personnel, the victim succumbed to his injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no immediate word on the circumstances of Lee&#8217;s murder. Police said no arrests have been made and anyone with information is urged to come forward by calling the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My heart is broken tonight,&#8221; said Joshua Goldbard, the founder of cryptocurrency and payments firm MobileCoin, where Lee had served as chief product officer since November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee was the chief technology officer at Square &#8211; which recently renamed itself to Block &#8211; when it developed and launched Square Cash in 2013. It&#8217;s now known as Cash App and has tens of millions of users in the U.S. and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee also worked as a software engineer at Google from 2004 to 2010, where he led the development of the core libraries for mobile operating system Android. He also created the Google Guice framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee, who sometimes referred to himself as &#8220;Crazy Bob,&#8221; was also active as an investor with stakes in numerous companies, including SpaceX, Clubhouse and Figma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing-590x354.jpg 590w, https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230404Stabbing-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Police at the scene where Lee was killed (Credit: KNTV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech executive and investor Bob Lee, who helped create Cash App and Android, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco, officials and co-workers say. 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