Dimitrios Pavlos Giannakopoulos Kumara (alternate spellings: Dimitris Giannacopoulos) (Greek: Δημήτρης Παύλος Γιαννακόπουλος) (born on June 22, 1974, Athens) is a Greek businessman and pharmaceutical manufacturer. He is the President of the Board and CEO of VIANEX,[1] owner of Panathinaikos B.C. as well as owner of the 50% of the company SUPERFOODS SA, among many other activities.
Dimitrios Giannakopoulos | |
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 Dimitrios Giannakopoulos in 2022. | |
| Born | Dimitrios Giannakopoulos 22 June 1974 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation(s) | President & CEO, Vianex S.A. Owner of Panathinaikos BC |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Pavlos Giannakopoulos (father) |
| Relatives | Thanasis Giannakopoulos (uncle) |
| Website | www |
Biographical information
editDimitris Giannakopoulos was born in Athens. He is the only son of Pavlos Giannakopoulos’ founder of VIANEX, the largest Greek pharmaceutical company today.
On the side of his father, he is originally from Sellasia, Laconia.
In 2004, Dimitris Giannakopoulos became the first Vice President,[2] and in January 2012 he became Deputy CEO of VIANEX.[3] In 2019, he was appointed President of the BoD and CEO of VIANEX.[1]
He has served as president of Panathinaikos A.O. (2018 - 2020).
Business activity
editVIANEX
editThe involvement of the Giannakopoulos family in the field of pharmaceuticals started in 1924, in the pharmacy on Peiraios Street. The decisive step was made by Paul Giannakopoulos in 1960, with the establishment of the company FARMAGIAN, which in 1971 became an SA and was renamed into VIANEX SA. The manufacturing activity of the company started in 1977 with the creation of the first factory. By 1999, VIANEX had acquired four modern factories in Athens and Achaia while at Varympompi it had established its main offices and distribution centre of finished products. In 1995, the subsidiary VIAN SA was established, to distribute and market well-known over-the-counter products (OTCs), food supplements, as well as diagnostic and parapharmaceutical products.
The company employs 1242 people (as at 2020).
Dimitris Giannakopoulos took the reins of the company from his father Paul officially in January 2012 when he also became deputy CEO, in addition to being the Vice Chairman of the BoD of VIANEX.
The new era of the company under the leadership of Dimitris Giannakopoulos was associated with increased outreach and conclusion of important agreements, be them new ones or extension of existing ones. "I handed over the reins of the largest Greek pharmaceutical industry in the country and I'm sure that one day he will also make it the largest one abroad" stated Paul Giannakopoulos in July 2013, on the occasion of the announcement of the collaboration between VIANEX and Eli Lilly, for the production of the injectable antibiotic vancomycin at the facilities of VIANEX and its 100% export in the Chinese market.[4][5][6][7]
The 2019 turnover of VIANEX Group was 301.3 million Euros.[8]
SUPERFOODS
editIn 2016 Giannakopoulos Group and Papazoglou Group acquired 50-50 of Superfoods, a Greek company of food supplements and natural health products.[9]
Social profile
editDimitris Giannakopoulos has many times caused incidents and in his statements he has characterized himself as the "inventor of vagrancy".[10] In the spring of 1999, he broke into the Panathinaikos locker room after a loss in a game against Olympiakos and provoked the team's then coach Lefteris Subotics, as a result of which Dino Raja attacked him.[11]
In April 2011, together with his bodyguards, he invaded the offices of the gazzetta.gr website and threatened the employees and their families. The reason was that some journalists of the electronic newspaper allowed to be published, comments of users on articles of the website that he considered slanderous about him.[12] In 2016, he wished his son Vassilis Spanoulis to die in the OAKA locker room and was forced to apologize afterwards.[13]
On 4-1-2019, after his team's defeat by Olympiakos in the Euroleague, he announced with 10,000 Euros an Olympiakos fan, even posting his photo on the Internet for spitting on him.[14]
He has been convicted of defaming another person and given a 20 month suspended prison sentence, while he attacked a supporter's steakhouse and in retaliation a group of about 100 PAO supporters attacked D's house with stones, paint and insults . Giannakopoulou on 10-6-2020, to take revenge for breaking a kebab shop. Dimitris Giannakopoulos himself, in a video he posted on Instagram, shouted at one point in anger: "F@m Panathinaikos and Thira 13", while a little later he resigned from the presidency of the amateur Panathinaikos.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b "Vianex". Vianex.gr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "BIANEΞ 2004 15". Vianex.gr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "BIANEΞ 2012 1". Vianex.gr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Γιαννακόπουλος… "Επέκταση της ΒΙΑΝΕΞ σε Μεγάλες Αγορές" : Νέα και Ειδήσεις Λακωνίας Πελοπόννησος Report24 – η Εφημερίδα σας". Report24.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Βιανέξ - Λίλλυ: 'Made in Greece' φάρμακα στην Κίνα".
- ^ "Τα φάρμακα από την ελληνική ΒΙΑΝΕΞ ταξιδεύουν στην Κίνα". 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Ταξιδεύουν στην Κίνα τα φάρμακα της Βιανέξ | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ".
- ^ "Επικύρωση της Αξίας". Vianex.gr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Οι όμιλοι Γιαννακόπουλου και Παπάζογλου ενώνουν τις δυνάμεις τους στη Superfoods". 16 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/basket/655026
- ^ "Ο αξέχαστος Ντίνο Ράτζα". Ελευθεροτυπία. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Τραμπουκισμοί Δ.Γιαννακόπουλου στο gazzetta!". www.gazzetta.gr. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/basket/kataggelies-apo-tin-kae-olumpiakos/3085077
- ^ "Αρχειοθετημένο αντίγραφο". Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/Euroleague/eb-news/eb_panathinaikos/kataggelia-gia-epithesh-giannakopoyloy-se-soyvlatzidiko-opadou-prin-apo-to-ntoy-sto-spiti-toy.5719533.html