Frank Beard (musician) Hill. Frank Beard (musician) Frank Lee Beard (born June 11, 1949) is the drummer in the American rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellers, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top. Beard was born in Frankston, Texas, and attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. In late 1969, he joined The Moving Sidewalks, a band that would become ZZ Top. Beard also introduced Gibbons to bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill, with whom Beard
Alex Beard (businessman) 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. He is a non-executive director of Chemoil. He is married and lives in London. Beard was made an honorary