{"podcast":{"title":"The Sports Business Leaders Podcast","slug":"the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281","podcast_index_feed_id":7164281,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e9c4d3c8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.sportsbusinessleaders.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39119906/39119906-1738433270786-5a2a06f937988.jpg","author":"Sports Business Leaders","episode_count":141,"summary":"Sports Business Leaders (SBL) is a growth engine for companies selling into sports—connecting organizations with the relationships, market intelligence, and strategic guidance they need to win more business. We combine a trusted network, industry insights, executive introductions, media exposure, and curated events to accelerate revenue growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:20:49.528432+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281"},"episode":{"title":"129 Han Park: From a $1B Esports Exit to Building Payment Labs","slug":"129-han-park-from-a-1b-esports-exit-to-building-payment-labs","published_at":"2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281/129-han-park-from-a-1b-esports-exit-to-building-payment-labs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportsbusinessleaders/episodes/129-Han-Park-From-a-1B-Esports-Exit-to-Building-Payment-Labs-e3lsono","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e9c4d3c8/podcast/play/122626232/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-9%2F77549235-00a4-9a4e-a4d6-449ed456873e.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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 h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1557,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281/episodes/129-han-park-from-a-1b-esports-exit-to-building-payment-labs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sports-business-leaders-podcast-7164281/129-han-park-from-a-1b-esports-exit-to-building-payment-labs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}