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Not quite but it's not black and white. Rocky is owned by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, but that is owned by Greg Kurtzner because a legal entity needs to be owned by /someone/ in law.
I personally trust him because I know a little of his story and his involvement with Centos before Rocky (ie, he cofounded it), but I appreciate that might not be enough for everyone. I've followed the project closely since its inception and am very happy with its progress and outlook so far, solely from a non-commercial aspect.
And Alma is NOT better. That's like saying Cheese is better than Apples, or Titanium's better than Lead. They're different distros with quite different approaches. It's fantastic both of them entered this market and both of them are doing well, choice is the absolute best thing about Foss.
(More detail about Rocky's legal makeup here, if you're interested) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Linux - I also have no commercial interest in it other than a user)