Arrests and indictments īeginning in 1989 and over the next three years, Pennsylvania authorities arrested Trone three times following complaints from an association of smaller, individually owned stores. In December 2016, Trone gave up his title of president to chief executive Kevin Peters. The business has since expanded into what is known today as Total Wine & More, the largest privately owned beer, wine, and spirits retailer in the U.S. They familiarized themselves with regulators and industry leaders, and began changing laws that restrict wholesalers from offering retailers discounts in exchange for large volume purchases, among others, in their attempt to promote beverage consumption. The beverage company had slim margins, but was immediately profitable and allowed the brothers to focus on operations. Using knowledge acquired at Wharton, the brothers chose to replicate the family store's model across Pennsylvania. Trone, with his brother Robert's help, opened two stores in Delaware in 1991, adding wine and spirits to the company's offerings. Over time, he opened additional stores, called Beer and Pop Warehouse and, later, Beer World, which were owned by friends and family members because Pennsylvania state law prohibited individuals from owning more than one beer retail outlet. Months before graduating from Wharton, in 1985, Trone expanded into the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Having seen the potential of the beer sales at his mother's store, Trone began his career by founding the beer-only retailer Beer World in Pennsylvania in 1984, during his second semester of graduate school. Trone graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Furman University in 1977, and earned a Master of Business Administration in 1985 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas and his farm went into bankruptcy, but Trone kept working at his mother's store. When Trone's parents separated, his father kept the farm and his mother took over the store. Trone was born in Maryland and raised on a 200-acre (81 ha) farm in East Berlin, Pennsylvania, where his father Thomas ran a chicken and hog operation. Trone is currently a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2024 election to succeed Ben Cardin. In 2018, Trone was the Democratic nominee for the 6th district and won the general election to succeed John Delaney.
In 2016, Trone spent more than $13 million of his own money on his unsuccessful Democratic primary campaign to succeed Chris Van Hollen in Maryland's 8th congressional district, setting a record for the most expensive self-funded House campaign. Trone founded and co-owns Total Wine & More with his brother, and served as the company's president until December 2016. The district includes most of the western third of the state, but the bulk of its population is in the outer northern suburbs of Washington, D.C. representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district.
David John Trone (born September 21, 1955) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S.
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