Complex sentence: Founded in 2003 by Oren Etzioni (founder of MetaCrawler), a professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in the University of Washington's College of Engineering, the company came about when Oren asked why people pay different prices for the same airline ticket.
Split into simpler sentences: Founded in 2003 by Oren Etzioni (founder of MetaCrawler), a professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in the UW's College of Engineering. The company came about when Oren asked the question why do people pay different prices for the same airline ticket.