Rank: 8
Judith Faulkner
Founder and CEO, Epic Systems Corp.
Faulkner, who 40 years ago founded what would become the nation’s largest electronic healthcare records provider from the basement of her home, increased her net worth 64% in 2020 to $5 billion. Epic reports $3 billion in annual sales, supports more than half of U.S patients and is employee-owned. In 2020, Epic partnered with Lyft to coordinate transportation through the EHR and in November, announced that it would launch in 190 health systems before the end of the year.