“Can you remember the last time a chief executive fell from grace with as loud of a thud as Facebook wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg?” Jon Friedman asks for MarketWatch. “Yes, I can remember: Steve Jobs. He was banished from Apple Inc., the company he founded, only to return many years later to Everest-like heights.”

“So far, Mark Zuckerberg has proven he is no Steve Jobs. Just look at the stock performance,” Friedman writes. “Granted, it’s been only a few months, but Zuckerberg has yet to step up and prove he can wear the mantle of Steve Jobs.”

Friedman writes, “Facebook’s stock fell to a record low during trading on Tuesday, plunging more than 40% below its IPO price of $38. Today, Zuckerberg needs a public-relations makeover — quickly — if not only for his own image, but also for the sake of the Facebook’s stock price. This is crucial because Zuckerberg is the face of the company.”

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