From LIC Agent to Billionaire: Laxman Das Mittal Built a Rs 30,000 Cr Empire at 64

• Laxman Das Mittal started International Tractors Limited (Sonalika Tractors) at the age of 64, after retiring from LIC.
• He is now 95 years old and owns a business empire worth over ₹30,000 crore, making him India's oldest billionaire.
• Mittal's first business, manufacturing wheat threshers, failed, leading to bankruptcy, but he considered it a "costly tuition fee."
• Sonalika Tractors are sold in over 150 countries and are India's third-largest tractor manufacturer.
• Despite his age, Mittal still goes to the office regularly and has been honored with the Padma Bhushan.