Steven E. West

Mr. West has served as a director and Chairman of their general partner since February 2014. Mr. West has also served as a director of Diamondback since December 2011 and as its Chairman of the Board since October 2012. He served as Diamondback’s Chief Executive Officer from January 2009 to December 2011. From January 2011 until December 2016, Mr. West was a partner at Wexford Capital LP, or Wexford Capital, focusing on Wexford Capital’s private equity energy investments. From August 2006 until December 2010, Mr. West served as senior portfolio advisor at Wexford Capital. From August 2003 until August 2006, he was the chief financial officer of Sunterra Corporation, a former Wexford Capital 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. Since May 2019, Mr. West has also served as Chairman of the Board of the general partner of Rattler Midstream LP (Nasdaq: RTLR), a publicly traded subsidiary of Diamondback. Mr. West holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Chico.