MobileCoin’s chief product officer, Bob Lee, has died of a fatal stabbing in San Francisco. At 2:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, San Francisco police responded to reports of a stabbing near 300 Main Street in his SoMa. He was taken to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
Shortly after, NBC Bay Area reported that the stabbing victim was 43-year-old Bob Lee. MobileCoin confirmed this information in a statement sent to Bloomberg and his ABC7 News.
Prior to joining MobileCoin, Bob Lee worked at Google during the first few years of Android with a focus on core library development. He then joined Square (the payments company that he later became Block) and developed an Android app. He became the company’s first CTO and also created Cash App.
Bob Lee, also known as “Crazy Bob,” was also an investor in tech startups. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has invested in SpaceX, Clubhouse, Tile, Figma, Faire, Orchid, Addressable, Nana, Ticket Fairy, Gowalla, Asha, SiPhox, Netswitch, Found and more.
The news flooded the tech community with grief. “It’s real.
“Very sad to hear of @crazybob’s untimely death. I first met him in the summer of 2006. We stayed in touch over the years and he was an early supporter of Figma.I can’t believe he’s gone,” said Dylan, CEO of Figma. Field said. I have written on Twitter.
“What a tragedy. I remember Bob’s code to generate a particular number. Bob’s code is in Java, but it uses clever backtracking techniques to make it the best of many solutions in all kinds of languages.” We deliver performance,” Hintymad wrote for Hacker News.
No arrests have been made in the incident, and San Francisco police have not shared any further details.
