The police in San Francisco in the US state of California received a report on Tuesday morning that at approx. At 2:35am local time, there was a stabbing in the Rincon Hill area. The man was stabbed several times by an unknown assailant. He was taken to the hospital, but died there from his injuries. On Wednesday, the man who was murdered was confirmed to be 43-year-old Bob Lee. Jake Shields, a friend of the murdered man, tweeted that Bob Lee was attacked while walking “in a safe neighborhood”. He speculates that it may have been a random, unplanned attack.
Bob Lee murdered. The billionaire was the founder of the Cash App
“There is no place for such brutal crimes in our city. I want to reassure everyone that our investigators are working tirelessly to arrest and bring to justice, as we strive to do with every homicide that occurs in our city,” Bill Scott, the chief of police in the city, said in a statement. Thus, he clarified that the police had not yet made any arrests regarding this murder.
Bob Lee was the chief purchasing officer at Mobile Coin, having previously worked as chief technology officer at Square. This American billionaire was also the founder of the popular Cash App. Bill Barhydt, CEO of tech company Abra Global, tweeted that Bob Lee “was a father of two, a generous and decent man who didn’t deserve to die.”
The Cash App created by Bob Lee is valued at $40 billion
The Cash App smartphone application allows you to make money transfers to other people. The value of the application created by the billionaire Bob Lee was estimated by “Forbes” magazine at about 40 billion dollars. Police did not say if money was the motive for the crime. In 2022, the base of active users was approx. 51 million.
Source: Gazeta
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