Orange Business Owner Lands CT Small Business Person of the Year

The owner of a videogame store in Orange that carries both retro and current generation games has been named the 2013 Connecticut Small Business Person of the Year.

The U.S. Small Business Administration, which administers these awards by state, bestowed the accolade on Christopher Runyan, owner of the Orange GameXChange store at 116 Boston Post Road.

The Orange store was ranked sixth out of more than 50 GameXChange locations in revenue for 2012, according to a news release from Bernard M. Sweeney, Connecticut's SBA District Director.

The franchise retail store sells, purchases and trades new and pre-owned video games and related hardware, software and accessories, the news release said.

Runyan will be recognized during a ceremony at The Hartford Club on June 5, according to The Hartford Business Journal.

Runyan opened the state's first GameXChange store in Milford in 2010 and then went on to open other locations in Orange, Bridgeport, Wallingford, Waterbury, Branford and Hamden. In total, the franchise has brought in 40 jobs, SBA said.