Executive Vice President · HighPeak Energy, Inc. (HPK)

W. Ryan Hightower

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for W. Ryan Hightower as a named executive officer of HighPeak Energy; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,129,624

2nd of 5 named executive officers at HighPeak Energy by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for HighPeak Energy, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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W. Ryan Hightower compensation by year

HighPeak Energy Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as HighPeak Energy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$500,000
Bonus$400,000
Stock awards$0
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$229,624
Total$1,129,624

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HighPeak Energy, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-014193, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HighPeak Energy, Inc. filed document, accession 0001437749-26-014193. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

HighPeak Energy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael HollisPresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,823,992
W. Ryan Hightower · this pageExecutive Vice President$1,129,624
Daniel SilverExecutive Vice President$1,128,424
Rodney WoodardChief Operating Officer$906,960
Steven TholenChief Financial Officer$883,400

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