According to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation the average age for a first new business owner is 39 years old. Tomas Aminnie, 25, is a dramatic exception to that norm – and then some. Aminnie, is one of Whatcom County’s newest business owners, having co-founded Downtime Taps in Ferndale with Coconut Kenny’s owner, Chay Tan. What’s more astonishing than his age, is the fact that fourteen years ago, Aminnie was an orphan in Ethiopia and didn’t speak a word of English.