Trone was born in Maryland and raised on a farm in East Berlin, Pennsylvania,[REF][REF][REF] where his father, Thomas, ran a chicken and hog operation [REF].
Trone graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Furman University in 1977,[REF][REF] and earned his Master of Business Administration degree in 1985 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,[REF][REF][REF] where he learned about beverage retailing and state laws [REF].