dollars almost double germany's annual g.d.p. of the richest man on earth right now is amazon found jeff bezos his wealth increased by six billion u.s. dollars in just the first few days of this year how do the rich do it we ask some people who should know. lass's de boer card they don't wait for others to give them something on the bus they get busy themselves that's why the rich keep getting richer even. if you believe the statistics shown on this so-called wealth clock private wealth is increasing by one billion euros a day net in germany alone that sounds a bit abstract even more abstract than this time piece the purpose of which is less to tell the time than to let the wearer flash their wealth. but is it really true that the rich are getting richer it's not something rich people like to talk about