“As the story goes, Burke had originally charged the brothers a hefty upfront fee that the fledgling pizza start-up wasn’t able to scrape together,” the company wrote in a 2015 blog post.

But Burke - a fraternity brother of Dan and Frank Carney during their days at Wichita State University - had almost priced himself out of a job after the Carneys approached him for his services, according to Pizza Hut. Burke, however.īurke is responsible for the design of every red-roofed Pizza Hut restaurant throughout the world, having created the concept in the late ‘60s for Dan and Frank Carney, the two brothers who founded Pizza Hut.

Pei and Antoni Gaudi have in common? Well, it’s likely you’ve never eaten a Stuffed Crust Pizza in any of their buildings. (NEXSTAR) – What do architects Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. His exact earnings have not been confirmed by anyone at Yum! Brands. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Ĭorrection: A previous version of this story contained an inaccurate estimate of earnings from the architect’s deal with Pizza Hut. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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