# 129 Han Park: From a $1B Esports Exit to Building Payment Labs

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Podcast: [The Sports Business Leaders Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281)
Published: 2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00
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On this episode of the Sports Business Leaders Podcast, we sit down with Han Park , Founder & CEO of Payment Labs. After spending more than 20 years helping build ESL Gaming into a billion-dollar business, Han founded Payment Labs to solve one of the biggest challenges in sports: moving money across borders quickly, securely, and compliantly. Today, Payment Labs powers payments in 180+ countries and works with organizations including X Games, Microsoft, SEGA, AVP, APP, and The Snow League. We discuss how sports organizations can modernize their payment infrastructure, why selling into teams requires a different go-to-market strategy, and the role relationships play in winning business across the sports industry.

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