The 43-year-old tech entrepreneur, father of two and founder of CashApp was fatally stabbed Tuesday in what San Francisco police are calling a homicide. Police have disclosed few details in the days since Bob Lee, 43, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco.
But few other details have emerged since the killing shocked the city and close-knit tech community. Three current and former San Francisco Police Department officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter and are not directly involved in the case, said that at this stage of the investigation, detectives are generally focused on trying to establish where and how victims spent their final hours. They also want to know who might have crossed their paths.
Those close to Lee prefer to remember their vibrant buddy, who proudly carried the nickname “Crazy Bob,” as a generous and upbeat friend who stayed humble despite his success and used his talents to help people. “It’d be a Tuesday night and he’d say, ‘Let’s go out,’” Sowers remembered. They’d go out, then go to an after-party to another event. And Lee wasn’t trying to get drunk or party hard, his friend said. “It was just everywhere he went, he knew folks and they were really happy to see him, and he was happy to see him as well.”Sowers met Lee in 2010 when he was running for Congress in Missouri and Lee was working on the early days of payment company Square.
He also wanted to make life better for others, said Mark R. Hatch, a fellow Silicon Valley CEO who met Lee when he ran a TechShop for makers. Lee was serious about using technology to help people and democratize access and financials, Hatch said. At the same time, friends say, Lee didn’t want pomp around his own successes. Wills tried to nominate him for an award in Missouri, and Lee kept putting him off.
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