Graduating from high school at 13 years old, he won a scholarship to study music in France.
Waronker began to establish his music career in Germany, but was forced to return to the United States when Nazi Party members began to threaten Jews.
[1] He then chose to enter the music industry independently, co-founding Liberty Records and serving as its chairman.
In 1963, facing health problems, Waronker sold his interest in Liberty to the electronics firm Avnet.
He died in 2005 at age 90 and is buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.