Five women who made their wealth in healthcare, and their net worth as of June 1:
3. Judy Faulkner, $7.4 billion, founded medical-record software company Epic in her basement in 1979. She is CEO and a 47 percent owner of the company. Epic supports the medical records for over 250 million patients nationwide.
34. April Anthony, $740 million, founded Encompass Home Health & Hospice in 1998. She stepped down in April 2021 after selling the company for $750 million. In August 2022, she was named CEO of home health and hospice care firm VitalCaring.
77. Iman Abuzeid, $350 million, is the cofounder and CEO of Incredible Health, which she started in 2017 to address nursing shortages. The service is a LinkedIn-style job site that connects nurses to U.S. hospitals.
77. Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, $350 million, founded the Center for Autism and Related Disorders in 1990. She was majority owner of the company until 2018 when she sold it for $600 million. She stepped down as the company’s CEO in 2019.
92. Julia Cheek, $260 million, founded at-home testing company Everly Health in 2015. Everly sells 30 health and wellness tests at stores including CVS and Rite Aid.
