Real Zuckerberg character illusive

By 2010, the year Jesse Eisenberg played Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network,” the real Zuckerberg had made only a modest number of public appearances. The first was in 2004, when the 19-year-old executive talked to CNBC about what was then called TheFacebook. In the video he’s composed and articulate, explaining his site’s purpose to an audience that largely wouldn’t have used it, since at the time it was open only to students at select colleges. He maintains direct eye contact.

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