Club Penguin founder and Dragons’ Den star Lane Merrifield’s journey to the metaverse and back
Kelowna-based CEO-turned-investor has a knack for growing communities in both the real and virtual worlds.
By the time Lane Merrifield turned 28 years old, he and his two partners, Lance Priebe and Dave Krysko, had sold their Kelowna, BC-based company Club Penguin to Disney for USD $350 million.
Club Penguin was a subscription-based online world built for kids: a place where they came to create their own characters, meet and play games with…