Judy Faulkner

Judith “Judy” R. Faulkner is an American billionaire, the CEO and founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company located in Wisconsin. Faulkner founded Epic Systems in 1979, with the original name of Human Services Computing.

  • Judy Faulkner founded America’s leading medical-record software provider, Epic, in a Wisconsin basement in 1979.
  • Faulkner, a computer programmer, is still CEO of the $2.9 billion (2018 sales) company.
  • 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 gift 99% of her stake in Epic to a private charitable foundation.

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