1 3 ▁by ▁five ▁hundred ▁business ▁leaders , ▁including ▁Ph ones ▁ 4 u ▁co ▁founder ▁John ▁Ca ud well ▁and ▁former ▁Mark s ▁& ▁Sp encer ▁chairman ▁Stuart ▁Rose . ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁group ▁published ▁non - pe er ▁review ed ▁and ▁mis leading ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁voting ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁called ▁Me as uring ▁Britain ’ s ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Minister s . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Business ▁for ▁Britain ▁Board ▁un anim ously ▁decided ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁V ote ▁Le ave ▁campaign . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Matthew ▁Elli ott ▁who ▁founded ▁The ▁Tax Pay ers ' ▁Alliance ▁and ▁Eu ros ke ptic ▁Big ▁Bro ther ▁Watch ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Conserv ative ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁Russia , ▁NO to AV ▁campaign ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Altern ative ▁V ote ▁refer endum ▁and ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Elli ot ▁became ▁the ▁chief ▁executive ▁of ▁V ote ▁Le ave . ▁ ▁Person nel ▁The ▁board ▁includes ▁business people ▁such ▁as ▁Ne ville ▁B ax ter , ▁Har ri et ▁Br id g eman ▁C BE , ▁Peter ▁Cr ud das , ▁Robert ▁His co x , ▁Daniel ▁H od son , ▁John ▁Ho erner , ▁Brian ▁King ham , ▁Ad rian ▁Mc Al pine , ▁and ▁Jon ▁Mo yn ih an ▁O BE . ▁The ▁campaign ' s ▁chief ▁executive ▁is ▁Matthew ▁Elli ott