Darien Dash, Founder & Ceo, Dme Interactive

President Bill Clinton has made closing the Digital Divide -- the gap between those with access to the Internet and those without -- one of the highest priorities in his final year in office. To address the vexing issue, he periodically calls on the nation's top technology executives, including AOL's Steve Case, AT&T's Michael Armstrong, and, always, Darien Dash.

If you've yet to hear of young Darien Dash, listen up. At 28, the CEO of DME Interactive in New York is crashing onto the nation's technology scene with a business model pegged on bridging the technology ravine. Dash, a street-hip African American born in the Bronx and raised in New Jersey, launched DME Interactive in 1994 with $200 in pocket money. He started by offering Web services, from strategy and design to implementing e-commerce applications, to urban-oriented music and entertainment companies.