Some of the Germans who go to university for free and get free health care coverage as a child and student decide that they'd rather not pay the somewhat high taxes in Germany once they finish their education, so they move to the US. So there's some brain drain. You also have those great universities, those are a pull factor for sure.
Also, American culture is generally perceived to be more open on social issues, immigration etc. Basically, some see New York and LA and other parts of California and like what they see, so many of them would like to live there if they could afford it and get a job.
The business world in Germany might be considered "boring" when compared to the Silicon Valley. SpaceX, Tesla, Facebook, Google.... we don't have anything like that. Most big corporations in Germany are run almost like government agencies, where your job is just a very small, boring part of a huge system.
When we say "USA", we don't think "Alabama" or "hate radio" or "crazy electoral system and crazy voters in some states who keep on electing crazy presidents and congress members". We think "Statue of Liberty, Stars & Stripes, Silicon Valley, Hollywood movies, thank you for winning WW2 and actually succeeding in nation building and regime change!". Some also think that the US still occupies Germany because you have some military bases and CIA operations here. Well I'm glad you have those bases here. 
(Though now that Trump is commander-in-chief, I'm not so sure.)
I, personally, wouldn't want to live in the US because of
- the almost non-existing social safety net (leading to dangerous violent crime)
- extreme political division (leading to hate crimes and missing social safety net)
- stupid electoral system (leading to extreme political division and twisting democracy)
- death penalty and crazy long prison sentences for many crimes
So I'm very glad I was born in Europe, and especially Germany. It's probably one of the best parts in the world to live in right now unless you win a fortune in the lottery (or inherit it like Trump) and hate to pay taxes.
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