Who was the man in the photo on Steve Jobs' desk?

Neem Karoli Baba.

Steve Jobs, along with his friend Dan Kottke, traveled to India in April 1974 to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba, but arrived to find the guru had died the previous September.

Yes indeed the photo on Steve Job's desk is that of Neem Karoli Baba. Neem Karoli Baba was the guru of Ram Dass and was mentioned in the book "Be Here Now". As a side note, the only book on Steve Job's iPad was "The Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda

Mahatma Gandhi?

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