Career
His family has an estimated Netto worth of €1 billion business empire. Currently manufactures and markets, in Greece and elsewhere, a variety of products, in collaboration with leading international firms. The company reported Netto sales of €240.2 million euros in 2012.
In 2006, Pavlos" personal fortune was estimated to be €450 million euros, one half of the Giannakopoulos brothers" €975 million euros business empire.
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.
The club, during that time, featured some of the best players of Greece, along with players from abroad, such as ex-NBAers Dominique Wilkins and Byron Scott, as well as European stars such as, Dejan Bodiroga, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis and Stojan Vranković. The basketball section of the club alone had a reported budget of €35 million in 2009.
In 2012, Pavlos" son, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, took over control of Panathinaikos British Columbia
In 2015 the indoor hall of Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium was named "Pavlos Giannakopoulos" in his honour.