Kanye’s Trying to Raise $100 Million to Build a Fashion Empire

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Is Kanye sick of shelling out his own money on Yeezy? A very interesting Page Six report claims that Kanye's been meeting with big-name investors to back his fashion line.

Sources say that includes execs from Richemont, Silicon Valley venture capitalists, LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, and Chris Burch, Tory Burch's ex-husband and the mastermind behind C. Wonder.

He's looking for a serious investment too. Page Six reports he's asking for $100 million, and that Kanye's currently been laying out funds for his design efforts from his own personal fortune (estimated by Bankrate at $130 million).

"Kanye is spending a lot of money," a source told the paper. "He thinks on a big scale and is currently paying for everything himself. He needs a backer to help him achieve the kind of fashion-world domination he is aiming for."