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Fiscal year 2025

Kaes Van t Hof — FY2025 total compensation $14,931,423

Kaes Van t Hof is Chief Executive Officer of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG). The company reported total compensation of $14,931,423 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,109,500
Bonus$0
Stock awards$11,101,462
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$2,676,350
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$44,111
Total$14,931,423

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Diamondback Energy, Inc. filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000242.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$1,109,500$0$11,101,462$0$2,676,350$0$44,111$14,931,423
FY2024President$691,667$0$7,527,446$0$1,190,000$42,500$9,451,613

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Diamondback Energy, Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$16,087,233
Difference from that median$-1,155,810
Percentile within the disclosed peer group46th
Peers with a disclosed figure13

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Diamondback Energy, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Travis SticeExecutive Chairman$20,502,775
Kaes Van t Hof this pageChief Executive Officer$14,931,423
Daniel WessonExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$7,682,774
Matt ZmigroskyExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary$5,970,311
Jere Thompson IIIExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,648,552
Teresa DickExecutive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary$4,497,658

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Diamondback Energy, Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Kaes Van t Hof's compensation sits inside Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) compensation brief