By Mona Austin
(TSN): Bob Lee, the man who created CashApp, a global solution for sending and reciving money, has died. Lee succumbed to stab wounds from an assault Tuesday morning. He was seen on video near downtown San Francisco trying to make his way jhome after the the attack He collapsed 20 feet from his residence and later died at the hospital. Lee, 43, was highly influential in the tech world. He was was a tech advisor for Jack Dorsey's Sqaure and most recently was employed at MobileCoin, a cryptocurrnecy company.
His father Rick Lee, who had been living with him, posted about his loss on Facebook:
"Life has been an adventure with two bachelors living together, and I'm so happy that we were able to become so close these last years. Bob would give you the shirt off his back," the post read in part. "He would never look down on anyone and adhered to a strict no-judgment philosophy. Bobby worked harder than anyone and was the smartest person I have ever known. He will be missed by all those that knew him."
MobileCoin CEO Josh Goldbard also expressed his condolences:
"Bob was a force of nature," MobileCoin CEO Joshua Goldbard said in a statement to KPIX. "He 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."
"Bob was a force of nature," MobileCoin CEO Joshua Goldbard said in a statement to KPIX. "He 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."
The prepetrators fled and authorities have yert to determine a motive.
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