In December 2020 his son, Dimitris, founded the Pavlos Giannakopoulos Foundations that aims to support and promote sportsmanship, health, education, culture, environmental awareness, and sustainable development.
[4] Vianex currently manufactures and markets, in Greece and elsewhere, a variety of products, in collaboration with leading international firms.
[5] From 1987 to 2012, the Giannakopoulos brothers managed Panathinaikos' basketball, volleyball, and all amateur sports teams, from athletics to water polo.
Their involvement with Panathinaikos' basketball team was their greatest success, in both domestic and European competitions.
In 2011, Pavlos and his brother Thanasis, won the EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year Award.