Paul 'Pabo' Bellezza
Paul 'Pabro' Bellezza is the Executive Producer of 
League of Legends at Riot Games.
About[]
Paul joined Riot in 2006 as one of their first interns and was one of the original 11 developers who began the development of League of Legends. He lead the design of League's user interface and co-designed the original 22 champions alongside Jeff 'Kassadin' Jew, Colt 'Ezreal' Hallam and Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak. Paul also co-created the Yordle race with Jeff 'Kassadin' Jew. Paul later became the Lead Champion Producer and oversaw the development and production of over 54 different champions including 
Ahri, 
Jinx, 
Lucian, 
Thresh, 
Vi, and 
Yasuo. He then became the Product Manager on the In Game Events Team and lead the development and production of the 2014 Harrowing and 
Shurima Events. He then became a Product Manager on the Skins team before moving to Valorant. On 
Valorant, he was the Lead Producer on the Character Team and Valorant Mobile. He was then promoted to Director of Creative Game Production on League Studio. As the Director of Creative Game Production, he worked across the League Studio game development teams, Riot Entertainment, Riot Publishing, and Riot Esports to create cross game experiences. In 2024, he returned to League of Legends when he was promoted to the position of Executive Producer.
Contributions[]
- Founding Interns of League of Legends
- Patch 5.1 Preview
- Dive into patch 5.1: Beyond Ruination
- Dev Update: Gameplay, Esports & Arcane
- Dev Update: Heightened Hexperience
- Dev Update: Honor, Skins & More
- Dev Update: Matchmaking, Seasons in 2025 & More
Trivia[]
- He was one of Riot's founding interns.