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Ann Livermore, 50
Ann Livermore, 50
Executive Vice President, HP

In need of a kidney due to a childhood disease, Livermore received word that a matching kidney had been donated in July 2005 and immediately received a transplant. Livermore took a six-week leave but was on the phone with Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd several days after her surgery. Hurd told BusinessWeek, "I finally asked if someone would please go in there and take her laptop away."

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