Billionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7 billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’

Billionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7 billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’

As Gen Z questions the values of degrees, Epic’s billionaire CEO Judy Faulkner has never been a fan of MBAs—and built a $5.7 billion-a-year software giant without one. Unlike Apple CEO Tim Cook or General Motors CEO Mary Barra who attended business school, the 82-year-old charted her own path, including establishing 10 business “commandments” like a directive to never IPO or sell. With recent graduates struggling to land jobs and the best busine…