A fast-food pizza chain that started in Kansas is getting a new parent company.
Pizza Hut, which got its start in Wichita, will be sold to LongRange Capital, a private equity firm, from Fortune 500 companyYum Brands. Pizza Hut in Mainland China will be acquired by Yum China Holdings, according to a June 16 news release.
Frank and Dan Carney, then students of Wichita University, opened the first Pizza Hut in 1958. The original building currently sits on Wichita State University’s campus and houses the Pizza Hut Museum, which opened in 2018…