No. Ownership can be relevant to the company relationship, but qualifying employment, the proposed role and other requirements must also be assessed.
Separate ownership from work
Explain what the applicant actually did abroad and would do in the United States. A founder label cannot replace employment records or establish managerial capacity. Identify who will support the planned operation and which arrangements remain proposed.
The two questions run on different clocks, which is why they are worth separating on paper. Ownership is established by a share register and constating documents and does not change with time; the qualifying year is a period that opens and closes, and it can fall out of the three-year window while the ownership stays exactly as it was. Date the employment abroad first and test it against the intended filing date, because a delay of several months on the business side can move a qualifying period out of range.
Where the founder's role abroad changed during that year, record what the duties were in each part of it rather than describing the most senior title held at the end. Managerial or executive capacity is assessed from the work described, not from a position on an organisation chart. Record both facts in a single dated note before drafting anything else, so the reviewer's two questions can be answered from one page rather than assembled from several.