---
title: "The Cofounder of Cash App Just Got Murdered"
description: "Bob Lee, a co-founder of Cash App and the current CPO of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, has died after being stabbed to death Tuesday night."
date: "2023-04-05"
modified: "2023-04-05"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/founder-cash-app-murdered"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "cash app"
  - "san francisco"
  - "the digest"
---

# The Cofounder of Cash App Just Got Murdered

![Bob Lee, a co-founder of Cash App and the current CPO of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, has died after being stabbed to death Tuesday night.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/founder-cash-app-murdered.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: MobileCoin\</em\>*

## Fatal Stabbing

Bob Lee, a cofounder of Cash App and former Square executive and more recently the chief product officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, has died after being stabbed to death Tuesday night in downtown San Francisco, the [*San Francisco Chronicle* reports](<https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/tech-executive-killed-stabbing-san-francisco-17879403.php>).

Lee died of his wounds at the hospital after being found unconscious with two stab wounds to his chest. Needless to say, it's a sad day for the industry.

Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO and chief executive of Block, which owns Square, called the death "heartbreaking," in a [post on the decentralized social media platform Nostr](<https://snort.social/e/note12k5g2nenm5d9vcy4yxyera5s00rud2sy4akd7wwpvl6klaatda8qmhxhnv>). "Bob was instrumental to Square and Cash App."

"Bob was a dad, the former CTO of Square where he created Cash App & CTO of Mobile Coin," Bill Barhydt, CEO of crypto company Abra, [wrote](<https://twitter.com/billbarhydt/status/1643482531533303808>) in a tweet. "He was a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed."

## Force of Nature

Law enforcement has yet to identify a suspect, let alone a motivation for the stabbing.

For now, tributes are pouring in.

"Bob was a force of nature," MobileCoin CEO Joshua Goldbard told [*Bloomberg*](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-05/bob-lee-former-square-cto-mobilecoin-executive-has-died>). "Helped to birth Android and CashApp into our world."

"I will miss him every day," he added.

**More on cash apps:** *[It Looks Like Elon Musk Is Actually Building a Twitter Payment Platform](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-twitter-payments>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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