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No. 95 Founders & operators

Judy Faulkner

Founder and CEO, Epic SystemsUnited States

Computer programmer who founded Epic in a Wisconsin basement in 1979 and still leads the electronic health record company whose software anchors most large US health systems.

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The Signal

Epic software holds the records of hundreds of millions of patients, and the interoperability and AI choices made in Verona shape product roadmaps, budgets and policy debates across the entire industry.

Who Judy Faulkner is

Computer programmer who founded Epic in a Wisconsin basement in 1979 and still leads the electronic health record company whose software anchors most large US health systems.

Epic software holds the records of hundreds of millions of patients, and the interoperability and AI choices made in Verona shape product roadmaps, budgets and policy debates across the entire industry.

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Role
Founder and CEO
Organisation
Epic Systems
Platforms
Press
Based in
United States, North America
Influence Score 83.9editorial estimate, see how it is built
Reach (25% weight)76

Audience size across LinkedIn, X, YouTube, podcasts and newsletters.

Engagement (20% weight)72

How much the audience actually reacts, comments, shares and subscribes.

Credibility (25% weight)98

Clinical, research, operating or investing track record behind the commentary.

Consistency (15% weight)78

Publishing cadence and how reliably they show up with original work.

Industry impact (15% weight)95

Whether decision makers, policy and capital actually move on what they say.

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