All the Pi Foundation engineers are either Broadcom employees or ex employees still affiliated with the parent. So yes, Broadcom do effectively own and control the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Both parts of this are completely wrong. I live and work in Cambridge UK, and know several people who work for Raspberry Pi.
A small number of the original Pi staff (primarily Eben Upton) are former Broadcom employees who maintain a good relationship with Broadcom because it's good sense to remain friendly with the source of all your chips. Notably Eben is not an employee of Broadcom any more. He used to be both but hasn't for a couple of years.
The Raspberry Pi foundation is a charity that is not controlled by Broadcom. Broadcom are merely a key supplier.
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Both parts of this are completely wrong. I live and work in Cambridge UK, and know several people who work for Raspberry Pi.
A small number of the original Pi staff (primarily Eben Upton) are former Broadcom employees who maintain a good relationship with Broadcom because it's good sense to remain friendly with the source of all your chips. Notably Eben is not an employee of Broadcom any more. He used to be both but hasn't for a couple of years.
The Raspberry Pi foundation is a charity that is not controlled by Broadcom. Broadcom are merely a key supplier.