Dan (born 1931) and Frank Carney (born 1938) are the founders of Pizza Hut.
Dan and Frank both graduated from the University of Wichita, Kansas, U.S. (now Wichita State). In 1958, by borrowing $600 from their mother they opened the first Pizza Hut. It was named Pizza Hut because they wanted the word "pizza" in the title and because there were only three spaces left after pizza in the sign and the facility was shaped like a hut.
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Dan (born 1931) and Frank Carney (born 1938) are the founders of Pizza Hut.
Dan and Frank both graduated from the University of Wichita, Kansas, U.S. (now Wichita State). In 1958, by borrowing $600 from their mother they opened the first Pizza Hut. It was named Pizza Hut because they wanted the word "pizza" in the title and because there were only three spaces left after pizza in the sign and the facility was shaped like a hut.
Dan and Frank guided the fledgling company in its earliest days in the belief that growth would come through dedicated employees and a commitment to quality. To this day, the brothers give huge amounts of credit to the early franchisees.
Growing geographically in concentric circles with Wichita as the focal point, many of the original franchisees came from the ranks of employees, friends and college acquaintances during a time where Dan was pursuing his master's degree in Business Administration and Frank was an undergraduate in Mathematics and Business.
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