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Bob Lee

Bob Lee was an American technology executive based in Miami, Florida. He was the son of Rick Lee and brother of Tim Oliver Lee.

History

Career

From 1997-2000, Lee worked as a web developer for several organizations including Red Rock Consulting, Southeast Missouri State University, and D’Arcy.1) He then took on senior consulting positions at Capgemini; Ajilon Consulting (where he “developed MasterCard's member bank web site”); and OCI (where he built a stock trading system for A.G. Edwards).

Lee worked at AT&T from September 2003 to October 2004, then jumped to a longer-term position at Google as a staff software engineer. There, he “led the core library development for Android,” the company’s mobile operating system.2)

In January 2010, Lee was headhunted by e-commerce startup Square, where he went to work as Chief Technology Officer.3) He led the development of Square’s Cash App,4) launching in October 2013 under the named Square Cash.5)

Two months later, Lee took a job as a limited partner with SV Angel.6)

In May 2017, Lee became a limited partner at SignalFire.

Lee moved to Miami, Florida in late 2022.7)

Death

Lee was fatally stabbed near downtown San Francisco, California on April 4, 2023. He was brought to San Francisco General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.8)

1)
Neog, A. S. (2023, April 5). Who was Bob Lee? All about the CashApp founder fatally stabbed in San Francisco. Sports Keeda. https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-who-bob-lee-all-cash-app-founder-fatally-stabbed-san-francisco
2)
Lee, B. (2006, December 20). Five things you may not know about me… Blog.crazybob.org. http://blog.crazybob.org/2006/12/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-me.html
3)
Hurley, B. (2023, April 5). Everything we know about the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. The Independent. http://archive.today/2023.04.05-191522/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cash-app-founder-bob-lee-stabbed-san-francisco-b2314740.html
4)
Emily. (2021, December 7). Cash App creator Bob Lee reportedly killed in San Francisco stabbing. Engadget. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405073702/https://mobilecoin.com/blog/former-square-cto-bob-lee-joins-as-mobilecoins-chief-product-officer
7)
Update: Cash App founder, MobileCoin CPO Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood. (2023, April 4). CBS News. http://archive.today/2023.04.05-064532/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/fatal-stabbing-bob-lee-mobile-coin-san-francisco-main-street-rincon-hill/
8)
Drenon, B. (2023, April 5). Bob Lee dead: Cash App founder dies after San Francisco stabbing. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405200357/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65191466
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