The 16-year-old child of US billionaire Stewart Butterfield has been reported missing, sparking fears as authorities believe she may be in San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin district.
Mint Butterfield, daughter of Slack co-founder, was last seen on Sunday night in Bolinas, California, according to Marin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Jose Suarez. Her mother, Flickr founder Caterina Fake, reported her missing on Monday. Living with Fake at the time of her disappearance, Mint was attending a private boarding school in the Napa area.
Described as wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots, she was also possibly carrying a gray suitcase. Standing at 5 feet tall with curly, brown-red hair and pierced eyebrows, Mint is believed to have run away to the Tenderloin, known for its violent crimes, rampant homelessness, and open-air drug market, the New York Post reported.
“Please contact Marin County Sheriff’s Office with any information on their whereabouts,” Deputy Suarez urged. Stewart Butterfield co-founded messaging app Slack in 2013 but left after Salesforce acquired the platform for $28 billion in 2021. Forbes estimates his net worth at around $1.6 billion. Fake founded the imaging service Flickr with Butterfield in 2004, selling it to Yahoo in 2005 for around $30 million.
Mint is the only child of the former couple, who divorced in 2007, the same year she was born. Stewart remarried Jennifer Rubio, co-founder and CEO of luggage manufacturer and retailer Away, in 2020. In 2021, the couple sold their San Francisco home following Butterfield’s departure from Slack, relocating to a luxurious $25 million mansion in Aspen, Colo.’s Five Trees neighbourhood, as reported by the Real Deal.
The 10,600-square-foot home on a 5-acre estate boasts amenities such as a 500-bottle wine cellar and six bedrooms. Rubio and Butterfield also own a $32.2 million mansion in Southampton, New York, featuring 11 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, and an all-weather tennis court near Cooper’s Beach. They possess properties in New York City, including a $27.27 million West Village townhouse and a $20 million Tribeca townhouse with a private skybridge.
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