Biography

Mr. Stice has served as our Executive Chairman of the Board since May 2025. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Board since February 2022 and as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2012. Prior to serving as Chairman of the Board, Mr. Stice was a director of Diamondback since November 2012. Mr. Stice remains as a director of Viper Energy Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNOM), our publicly traded subsidiary, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer from February 2014 to February 2025. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the general partner of Rattler Midstream LP, which was acquired by Diamondback in a merger in August 2022 and is no longer publicly traded, since July 2018. Prior to these positions with Diamondback, Viper and the general partner of Rattler, he served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from April 2011 to January 2012. From November 2010 to April 2011, Mr. Stice served as a Production Manager of Apache Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company. He served as a Vice President of Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company, from September 2008 to September 2010 and as a Development Manager of ConocoPhillips/Burlington Resources Mid Continent Business Unit, an oil and gas exploration company, from April 2006 until August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Stice held a series of positions of increasing responsibilities at Burlington Resources until that company was acquired by ConocoPhillips in March 2006. He started his career with Mobil Oil in 1985. Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Stice is a registered engineer in the State of Texas, and is a 43-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He also serves on industry boards for the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, American Exploration and Production Council, the National Petroleum Council, the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, the All-American Wildcatters and the American Petroleum Institute. Additionally, he is on local community boards for Manor Park Retirement Center in Midland, the Midland Memorial Hospital, the Midland Chamber of Commerce and the Dynamic Catholic Institute.