‘Bob Lee was a Generous Decent Human Being,’ Mourns Abra CEO

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Published Apr 05, 2023 03:51AM ET

‘Bob Lee was a Generous Decent Human Being,’ Mourns Abra CEO

  • Bill Barhydt tweeted about the murder of the creator of Cash App, Bob Lee.
  • Bob Lee was stabbed to death on April 4, in San Francisco.
  • Though the SFPD report didn’t mention the victim’s name, Jack Dorsey confirmed that it was Lee.

Bill Barhydt, the co-founder and CEO of the digital cash payment company Abra, shared a Twitter thread on his official page revealing the news of the death of Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and the ex-CEO of Square. He commented that Lee was a “generous decent human being” and didn’t deserve to be murdered.

On April 5, Barhydt tweeted about the “devastating news,” sharing the local media SFGATE’s report on Lee’s murder:

In addition, the report stated that though the officers provided medical support to the man and took him to the nearby hospital, “the victim succumbed” to his “life-threatening injuries”.

Subsequently, the popular tweeter Richard posted the incident’s confirmation message by Square CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey wrote, on the decentralized social network Nostr, referring to Lee’s murder, that “it’s real”. He added that “Bob was instrumental to Square and Cash App” and that his death is “heartbreaking”.

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