Modern pizza was invented by a man named Raphael Esposito who owned a bakery in Naples. He called it a Pizza Margherita, named after the Queen of Italy who was passing from the area at the time. According to history, she was bored with the aristocratic food they were made to consume all throughout the journey which is why she asked the procession to halt in Naples in order to get a taste of what ‘commoners’ eat. She was then served the pie by Esposito which consisted of Mozzarella, tomato sauce and Basil. Apart from loving the taste, she was also delighted that the ingredients were the colour of the Italian flag i.e. Red, White and Green. Her blessing led to Pizza becoming a national treasure instead of a local delicacy.

Pizza was introduced to the Americas about a century later through a small pizzeria in New York City.
However, popularity didn't catch on until after World War 2 when soldiers stationed in Italy developed a taste for pizza. Regions of the United States went on to develop the tomato pie based on regional tastes. There is a thin-crust New York style pizza, deep-dish Chicago Neapolitan wood oven thick crust Sicilian and the list goes on.
Today Americans consume approximately 100 acres of pizza per day. That's 3 billion pizzas per year. Pizza is a 30 billion dollar industry with pizzerias composing 15 to 17 percent of all restaurants in other parts of the world. The collective love for pizza is palpable but depending on where you are you might find different toppings. In Japan you might open the box to find squid ink sauce, hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, sweet corn ,potatoes and various seafood toppings. In India you can find Pizza Hut and Domino's but along with the usual toppings they offer pickled ginger minced mutton and cottage cheese. Coconuts are a favourite topping in Costa Rica.
One thing is for sure: after its years of development in different regions across the world
no pizza pie is exactly the same and that’s what makes it such a culinary global phenomenon.