Born and raised in Brooklyn, Auerbach spent 47 years as an agent at William Morris, where he started part-time sweeping floors at the age of 15 while still attending high school. He went from working in the mailroom to assistant to agent at the age of 19, the youngest in the agency’s history. He was known as “the man with the golden Rolodex,” securing Elvis Presley’s first TV appearance and repping the likes of Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke and Sammy Davis Jr.