Mark Edward Reed (December 23, 1866 – September 5, 1933) was an American lumberman, financier and politician in the state of Washington.

At that time the company employed approximately 300 people working out of five separate camps.

By 1914, Reed had full control and transformed the company into a forest-products corporation.

In 1925, the company opened its first sawmill, the Reed Mill, and entered the hemlock lumber manufacturing business.

[4] The Reed family currently owns Simpson Investment Company and are the fifth-largest private landowners in the United States, owning 1.37 million acres across California, Washington and Oregon.