Complex sentence: Brown Brothers Harriman And Company Began nearly 200 years ago as an importer of linen and then the company entered the banking business as a by-product of its success as a dry-goods merchant.
Split into simpler sentences: Brown Brothers Harriman And Company Began nearly 200 years ago as an importer of linen. It then entered the banking business as a by-product of its success as a dry-goods merchant.