No it was founded by David Sønstebø, Dominik Schiener, Serguei Popov and Sergey Ivancheglo in 2015, IOTA is managed, funded and operated by Berlin-based IOTA foundation. It uses MIOTA as the main cryptocurrency.
David is in Oslo, but the IOTA project is distributed across the globe, but their headquarters are in Berlin, Germany.
https://cryptonewsmagnet.com/who-created-iota-blockchain/
And if you want to know more about IOTA or one of its founders (David Sønstebø), check out the video by Ivan on Tech, where Ivan interviewed David, here is the link: