. >> reporter: judy faulkner is the 76-year-old genius behind epic. a computer software engineer and admitted nerd, who built this curious place, in her own curious image. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: a hint of her personality was revealed last year when, to celebrate epic's 40th anniversary, she dressed like she was back in the '70s again. >> well, here's the skinny, man. that's far out. >> reporter: she is a little far out, too. far out in front. she not only built a giant tech company from the ground-up, but in the process, made herself one of the richest self-made women in the world. >> we have to compete with facebook, google, microsoft, apple, et cetera. we g a lot of acceptances because people walk around and say, i would like to work here. >> reporter: there's 10,000 employees that mingle around the artwork. in a doubles the population of verona. it's a young place. average age about 26. peg and nicholas could have worked in sunny silicon valley. but they chose to come to wintry wisconsin, instead, because they say, as far as big tech

. >> reporter: judy faulkner is the seven 76-year-old genius bed epipick, a computer software engineer admitted nerd who built this curious place in her own curious image .. ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you. >> reporter: a hint of her personality was revealed last year when to celebrate epic's 40th anniversary she dressed like she was back in the seventies again. >> well, here's the skinny man, that's far out. >> she is a lilt far out too, far out in front, she not only built a giant tech company from the ground up but in the process, made herself one of the richest self-made women in the world. >> we have to committee with facebook, google, microsoft, apple, et cetera. we get a lot of acceptance because people look around and say, i think i'd like to work here. >> reporter: there are nearly 10,000 employees at epic, who mingle among the artwork, that about doubles the population of verona. >>it is a young place, average age? about 26. >> peg horner and niklas bostrom could have worked in sunny silicon valley but they chose to come to wintery wisconsin instead because they say as far as big t