Frank Beard (musician) played in the bands American Blues, the Warlocks, and the Cellar Dwellers. After honing their trademark "Texas boogie-blues-rock" style, they released their aptly titled "ZZ Top's First Album" on London Records in January 1971. When ZZ Top started, Beard was known by the nickname "Rube" and was credited as "Rube Beard" on the first album and on "Tres Hombres", the band's third album, but is listed under his real name on "Rio Grande Mud", their second album. After "Tres Hombres", he was credited as "Frank Beard" on all the band's albums. Ironically, despite his last name he is the only
Alex Beard (businessman) student of Christ Church in 2012. He joined the board of trustees for Shakespeare's Globe in London in 2017. Alex Beard (businessman) Alexander Frank Beard (born 1967) is a British billionaire businessman, based in London and responsible for Glencore's worldwide oil operations. Alex Beard attended Gravesend Grammar School for Boys between 1980 and 1985. He earned a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University in 1989. Beard worked as an oil trader for BP from 1990–95, when he joined Glencore. In 2007, he was appointed director in charge of Glencore's oil commodity department. According to Forbes, he is worth $1.6 billion.