Judy Faulkner
Founder & CEO, Epic Systems
$7.74B
as of 11/20/24
About Judy Faulkner
Judy Faulkner founded medical-record software provider Epic Systems in a Wisconsin basement in 1979.
Faulkner, a computer programmer, is CEO of the $4.9 billion (2023 sales) company, of which she owns 47%.
Epic supports the medical records of over 250 million patients and is used by top medical centers such as Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic.
The company has never raised venture capital or made an acquisition, and develops all its software in-house.
Faulkner signed the Giving Pledge in 2015 and has agreed to eventually give 99% of her assets to a private charitable foundation.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Healthcare softwareResidence
Madison, WisconsinMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/01/43 (age 81)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Dickinson College; Master of Science, University of WisconsinSelf-made
self-madeJudy Faulkner’s fortune is worth
129K
troy ounces of gold
119K
median U.S. household
77K
median U.S. income
0.155%
U.S. credit card volume
0.031%
GDP of the United States
0.023%
United States debt
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Faulkner started Epic, originally named Human Services Computing, with $70,000; she wrote the original code on a Data General Eclipse 16-bit minicomputer.
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