"Tim" Pita Limjaroenrat is a Thai businessman and politician of Chinese descent born in Bangkok, Thailand. A former member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023, and then as the advisory chair of the party from 2023 to 2024. In addition to his native Thai, Pita speaks English.

Beginning his education at Bangkok Christian College, from the age of eleven, he was educated in New Zealand, Pita studied finance in Thailand. He further studied politics and business in the United States, having received various scholarships. Upon his return to Thailand in 2005, he took over his family's rice bran oil company and helped it gain its foothold. After obtaining a master's degree in the U.S., he continued his work in business. In 2019, Pita was approached by the pro-democracy Future Forward Party to be a party-list candidate for the 2019 general elections. He accepted and ultimately won a seat in the House of Representatives. Upon the dissolution of Future Forward in 2020, Pita was selected to lead the newly formed Move Forward Party.

Pita led Move Forward to become the largest party in the 2023 general election, winning 151 seats. Forming a coalition with fellow pro-democracy parties, he announced plans to be elected prime minister of Thailand, but his attempts were blocked.

In 2008, he was named as one of CLEO Thailand's "50 Most Eligible Bachelors." In the aftermath of the 2023 Thai general elections, Pita was named as "TIME100 NEXT" by Time magazine.

Pita suffers from epilepsy, first discovering he had it when he was living in Boston during his years at Harvard. He shares one daughter, Pipim Limjaroenrat, with his ex-wife, actress Tye Chutima Teepanart.

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