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Lane Merrifield has been named Business Leader of 2017 by the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.

It's the top honour given out through the chamber’s business excellence award program.

Merrifield received the 2017 award for his “outstanding contributions to the business community in the Central Okanagan.”

The local entrepreneur is best known as the founder of Club Penguin, the online virtual world for kids that Disney bought in 2007 for $350 million.

For more on Merrifield, and why he was selected for the award, check out the full story on Castanet's sister business news website, Okanagan Edge.