Mars moved its headquarters to McLean, Virginia, in 1984. It is still a family business owned by the Mars family. The company is famous for its secrecy. A 1993 "Washington Post Magazine" article was a rare raising of the veil, as the reporter was able to see the "M"s being applied to the M&M's, something that "no out-sider had ever before been invited to observe". In 1999, for example, the company did not acknowledge that Forrest Mars, Sr. had died or that he had worked for the company.