Earle Swensen was an American businessperson.

Biography
Earle Swensen was born in San Francisco and grew up in the city. He was married to Nora who died in 1995. During World War II, he served in South Pacific and during that time learnt how to make ice cream.
 
In 1948, Swensen founded Swensen's ice cream near Russian Hill, San Francisco. The first store was known as See Us Freeze Ice Cream.

In 1965, Swensen moved to Novato, California and developed 150 ice cream flavors.
 
He died in 1996 due to heart failure.

References

Further reading
Ettinger, Amy (2017). Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America

1996 deaths
American company founders
Businesspeople from San Francisco