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Mr. Gilfillian has served as our President since February 2025. Prior to holding this position, he served as Vice President of Viper from February 2024 to February 2025, as General Manager of Viper from February 2022 to February 2024 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as Vice President and then President of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as General Manager of the General Partner) and prior to February 2022 he served in various roles in Diamondback's finance group after joining Diamondback in September 2017. Mr. Gilfillian graduated from Trinity University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics.

Mr. Van't Hof has served as our Chief Executive Officer since February 2025. Prior to that position, he served as our President from March 2017 to February 2025 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as the President and then Chief Executive Officer of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as President of the General Partner), and has served as a director since November 2023. As part of Diamondback's leadership transition plan announced in February 2025, Mr. Van't Hof succeeded Travis D. Stice as Chief Executive Officer and was elected to Diamondback's board of directors at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Diamondback's Stockholders. From February 2022 to February 2025, he served as Diamondback's President and Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, he served as Diamondback's Executive Vice President of Business Development from March 2019 to February 2022, as Senior Vice President-Strategy and Corporate Development from January 2017 to February 2019 and as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development since joining Diamondback in July 2016. Mr. Van't Hof has also served as President and director of the general partner of Rattler since July 2018. Prior to his positions with us, Diamondback and the general partner of Rattler, Mr. Van't Hof served as Chief Executive Officer for Bison Drilling and Field Services from September 2012 to June 2016. From August 2011 to August 2012, Mr. Van't Hof was an analyst for Wexford responsible for developing operating models and business plans, including in connection with our initial public offering, and before that worked for the Investment Banking-Financial Institutions Group of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. from February 2010 to August 2011. Mr. Van't Hof was a professional tennis player from May 2008 to January 2010. Mr. Van't Hof received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Upon the consummation of the merger, Mr. Matt Zmigrosky was appointed to the board effective on August 19, 2025. Mr. Zmigrosky has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2019 (prior to the Conversion, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the General Partner). Since February 2023, Mr. Zmigrosky has also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary of Diamondback. From February 2019 to February 2023, he served as Diamondback's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Before joining us and Diamondback, Mr. Zmigrosky was in the private practice of law, most recently as a partner in the corporate section of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP from October 2012 to February 2019, where he worked extensively with Diamondback and its subsidiaries. Mr. Zmigrosky received a Bachelor of Science in Management degree in finance from Tulane University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Matt Zmigrosky, Diamondback's Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary is stepping down from his position as Viper's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

Ms. Dick has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary since February 2017 and served as our Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary from February 2014 to February 2017 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, she served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, she served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary, as applicable, of the General Partner). She has also served as Diamondback's Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since March 2019. Ms. Dick served as Diamondback's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from February 2017 to February 2019, as its Assistant Secretary since October 2012, as its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from November 2009 to February 2017 and as its Corporate Controller from November 2007 until November 2009. From June 2006 to November 2007, Ms. Dick held a key management position as the Controller/Tax Director at Hiland Partners, a publicly traded midstream energy master limited partnership. Ms. Dick has over 25 years of accounting experience, including public company experience in both audit and tax areas. Since March 2021, Ms. Dick has served as a director of Bank7 Corp. (Nasdaq: BSVN) and is a member of the audit and nominating and corporate governance committees.

Mr. Barkmann has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Engineer since April 2024 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Engineer of Former Viper) and as Executive Vice President and Chief Engineer of Diamondback since February 2024. Prior to his current positions with us and Diamondback, he served as Diamondback's Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering from November 2021 to February 2024, as Vice President of Reservoir Engineering from February 2019 to November 2021, and as Reservoir Engineering Manager after joining Diamondback in November 2018. Before joining Diamondback, Mr. Barkmann worked for Energen Resources Corporation from May 2006 to November 2018, serving in various capacities of increasing responsibility, most recently as Reservoir Engineering Manager, where he coordinated all aspects of Reservoir Engineering for Energen's horizontal shale development program. Mr. Barkmann graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.

Mr. Rubin has been a member of the board of directors since June 2014 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as a director of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as a director of the General Partner). Mr. Rubin is currently the Head of Commodity Equities at BTG Pactual Asset Management US. From 2012 to 2022, Mr. Rubin served as partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Equities and as a member of Wexford Capital LP's, referred to herein as Wexford, hedge fund investment committee. From 2006 to 2012, he served as an analyst and later as Vice President, focusing on Wexford's public and private energy investments. Mr. Rubin graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in political science and economics.

Mr. Armour has been a member of the board of directors since July 2017 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as a director of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as a director of the General Partner). Mr. Armour has over 30 years of executive and entrepreneurial experience in the energy services industry. Mr. Armour has served as a partner of Geneses Investments since February 2019. He served as President of PT Petroleum LLC in Midland, Texas from March 2013 until January 2019. He was the Vice President of Corporate Development for Basic Energy Services, Inc. from 2007 to 2008, which acquired Sledge Drilling Corp., a company Mr. Armour co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer for from 2005 to 2006. From 1998 through 2005, he served as Executive Vice President of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., which acquired Lone Star Mud, Inc., a company Mr. Armour founded and served as President of from 1986 to 1997. Mr. Armour has served as a director of ProPetro Holding Corp. (NYSE: PUMP) since February 2013 and as a director of CES Energy (TSE: CEU) since December 2018. Mr. Armour also served on the Patterson-UTI Board of Directors from 1999 through 2001. Mr. Armour received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Houston and was appointed to the University of Houston System Board of Regents in 2011 by former Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Mr. Hu has been a director since April 2022 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as a director of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as a director of the General Partner). Mr. Hu most recently served as an investment analyst and Vice President of Capital World Investors, an investment group in the Capital Group Companies, Inc., from 2003 to 2017. He previously served as a manager of project finance in the corporate treasury department at Unocal Corporation from 2002 to 2003, and as a global energy practice consultant at McKinsey & Company from 2000 to 2002. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Hu served in various roles at Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) from 1989 to 2000, including as Vice President of Downstream Operations and Business Development from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Hu has served as a member of the board of directors of EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) since October 2021, where he also serves on the audit committee, the management development and compensation committee, the innovation committee, the special litigation committee and chairs the public policy and corporate responsibility committee. Mr. Hu also currently serves as an advisory board member for the Geology & Planetary Science Division at the California Institute of Technology. Mr. Hu earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and an MBA from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

Mr. West has served as Chairman of the Board and as a director since February 2014 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as the Chairman of the Board and a director of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as Chairman of the Board and a director of the General Partner). Mr. West served as a director and Chairman of the Board of the general partner of Rattler from May 2019 to August 2022. Mr. West has also served as a director of Diamondback since December 2011 and as its Chairman of the Board from October 2012 to February 2022. He served as Diamondback's Chief Executive Officer from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011. From January 2011 until December 2016, Mr. West was a partner at Wexford focusing on Wexford's private equity energy investments. From August 2006 until December 2010, Mr. West served as senior portfolio advisor at Wexford. From August 2003 until August 2006, he was the chief financial officer of Sunterra Corporation, a former Wexford portfolio company. From December 1993 until July 2003, Mr. West held senior financial positions at Coast Asset Management and IndyMac Bank. Prior to that, he worked at First Nationwide Bank, Lehman Brothers and Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., the predecessor of KPMG LLP. Mr. West earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Chico.

Mr. Stice has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2014 (prior to the Viper PubCo Merger, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Former Viper and prior to the Conversion, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the General Partner). He previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from February 2014 until February 2025. He has served as Diamondback's Chairman of the Board since February 2022 and as a director since November 2012. Mr. Stice also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Diamondback from January 2012 to May 2025 and the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the general partner of Rattler from July 2018 to May 2025. Prior to these positions with us, Diamondback and the general partner of Rattler, Mr. Stice served as Diamondback's 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 and production company. Mr. Stice 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 and production 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. Mr. Stice started his career with Mobil Oil in 1985. Mr. Stice has over 38 years of experience in production operations, reservoir engineering, production engineering and unconventional oil and gas exploration and over 29 years of management experience. Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. He is a registered engineer in the State of Texas and is a 38-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He also serves on industry boards for the Permian Strategic Partnership, the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, and the Texas A&M Engineering Advisory Council. Additionally, Mr. Stice is on the board of the Dynamic Catholic Institute and the local community board for the Midland Chamber of Commerce.

On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors of Viper Energy, Inc. increased the size of the Board by one director and appointed John Grotzinger to serve as a director. Dr. Grotzinger has over 40 years of experience in geology, geobiology, and planetary science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and currently serves as the Harold Brown Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology, a position he has held since 2021. Previously, Dr. Grotzinger served as Division Chair of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2024 and as Chief Scientist of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover mission from 2007 to 2014. He has served on the advisory board of Halliburton Labs since 2020 and previously served on the Shell Science Advisory Board from 2014 to 2019. Dr. Grotzinger received a Bachelor of Science in geology from Hobart College in 1979, a Master of Science in geology from the University of Montana in 1981 and a Ph.D. in geology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1985.

Effective February 18, 2026, Will Krueger, Vice President - Legal of Viper Energy, Inc. was promoted to the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Viper. Mr. Krueger remains an employee of Diamondback E&P LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Viper's parent company, Diamondback Energy, Inc.