That was not my point. I was thinking more along the lines of SpaceX alumni are creating a lot of really cool stuff. Tesla alumni as well.

That might actually be Musk's greatest contribution, frfr.

I would love to see some real data on this.

The enterprising Germans all left for the US to make bread

Seems like they all failed miserably, when all what you can get in USA is a white rubber loaf which never goes moldy.

I like variety of bread in Germany, but one of the problems is how quickly it goes mouldy. Even the cheap stuff I had as a student in Aberystwyth (coastal) from Lidl (German chain) didn't go off quite so fast so often.