Pizza Hut is one of the largest pizza chains in the world that was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by two brothers. It gained national recognition through advertising campaigns in the 1960s and was later bought by PepsiCo before being spun off into its own company. Pizza Hut operates over 20,000 franchises globally and offers various pizza formats and products while being known for its distinctive sloped red roof and decades of television advertising campaigns.