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Caleb L. Weatherl

  • Chief Financial Officer, PUMP since 2025-07src

Midland E&P co-founder and CEO/CFO; ProPetro CFO since July 2025

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design67ebitda, fcf, strategic, individual, relative tsr, time only · 98.6% for · 187.72% of net income
Skin in the game3stake worth $20k, 0.0× last year's pay
Age
39src
In the role
1 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 3

  • No prior public-company CFO role. The 8-K describes his experience as senior positions in private companiessrc
  • From 2026-10-30 he is also interim principal accounting officer, after the CAO resigned on 2026-09-16, with no replacement namedsrc
  • Small personal stake: 2,000 shares at the proxy record date and 27,338 after the August 2026 RSU settlement. The 3x-salary ownership guideline gives him five yearssrc

In their favour 1

  • Bought 2,000 shares on the open market at $4.91 on 2025-08-01, weeks after joiningsrc

Career

  1. 2025-07 – now
    ProPetro Holding Corp.src
    Chief Financial Officer
  2. 2023-05 – 2024-09
    Garrison Energy (Midland, Texas E&P)src
    Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
    The press release says he co-founded it and secured a significant equity commitment to pursue upstream opportunities (PR-2025-07-14)
  3. 2017-12 – 2022-10
    Stronghold Energy II Holdings (Midland, Texas E&P)src
    President & CFO; board member from 2021-10
    The press release says the company was sold in 2022 (PR-2025-07-14)
  4. 2016-06 – 2017-12
    Desert Royalty Companysrc
    Chief Financial Officer
  5. 2014-05 – 2016-06
    Stronghold Energy Partnerssrc
    Vice President, Co-Founder & Board Member
  6. 2013-08 – 2016-06
    Weatherl Energy Investmentssrc
    Vice President

Undated in the sources

  • Bain Capital; McKinsey & Companysrc, Earlier positions (undated in the filings)

Not located: 2022-10 to 2023-05 and 2024-09 to 2025-07 are not described in any filing. The Bain Capital and McKinsey years are not in a primary source; a people-search site carries dates and was not used

Achievements

  • Ran Stronghold Energy II as President & CFO for nearly five years, through COVID, until its sale in 2022src
  • Co-founded two Midland upstream companies (Stronghold Energy Partners in 2014, Garrison Energy in 2023) and was CEO of Garrisonsrc
  • Came in as the third person in ProPetro's principal-financial-officer seat in 2025, after CFO Schorlemer left on 2025-03-03 and CAO Davila filled insrc
  • 2025 bonus paid 103.5% of his prorated target ($229,000)src

Education

  • Harvard College, AB Economicssrc
  • Harvard Business School, MBA Business Administrationsrc

Background

  • Family The appointment 8-K and the 2026-09-21 8-K both state there are no family relationships between him and any director or executive officer, and no Item 404(a) transactionssrc
  • Personal Says he grew up and built his career in Midland, where ProPetro is headquarteredsrc
  • Other Tier 2 participant in the executive severance plan; hire package of 100,482 RSUs and 100,482 PSUs, $525k salary, 90% target bonus, vehicle allowance and club duessrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

10
  1. Filing ProPetro Holding Corp. DEF 14A (accession 0001104659-26-040891) · 2026-04-08
  2. Filing ProPetro 8-K Item 5.02, Weatherl appointed CFO (0001680247-25-000112) · 2025-07-14
  3. Filing ProPetro press release 'ProPetro Appoints Caleb Weatherl as Chief Financial Officer', Exhibit 99.1 to 0001680247-25-000112 · 2025-07-14
  4. Filing ProPetro 8-K Item 5.02, CAO resignation; CFO to serve as interim principal accounting officer (0001680247-26-000110) · 2026-09-21
  5. Filing ProPetro 8-K Item 5.02, departure of CFO David Schorlemer; Davila interim PFO (0001104659-25-020011) · 2025-03-04
  6. Filing ProPetro 8-K Items 5.02/5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0001104659-26-065695) · 2026-05-22
  7. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 1680247 (FY2025 10-K, 0001680247-26-000028) · 2026-02-19
  8. Filing Form 4, Caleb Lyle Weatherl (reporting CIK 2078488), open-market purchase and hire RSU grant of 2025-08-01 (0001680247-25-000127) · 2025-08-04
  9. Filing Form 4, Caleb Lyle Weatherl, RSU settlement and tax withholding of 2026-08-01 (0002078488-26-000002) · 2026-08-03
  10. Filing EDGAR submissions index for reporting owner Weatherl Caleb Lyle (CIK 2078488): Form 3 2025-07-24; Form 4s 2025-08-04, 2026-03-03, 2026-08-03 · 2026-09-24