David M. Kelley co-founded venture capital firm Onset Ventures in 1984 and also co-founded special effects company Edge Innovations. He joined the Stanford Product Design program in 1978 and created the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University in 2004. Kelley co-authored the book Creative Confidence in 2013. He has received many honors over the years including a Chrysler Design Award and the National Design Award in Product Design. In 2000 David M. Kelley was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In May 2017, David listed his longtime home in Silicon Valley for $15 million.