Shuttleworth first made the headlines when he sold his tech company Thawte in 1999 to VeriSign for $575m.
When Shuttleworth moved to the Isle of Man he took his fortune with him and was slapped with a R250m exchange control levy by Sarb.
Shuttleworth said in a statement on Wednesday exchange controls in South Africa provide no economic guarantees of stability, but drive up the cost of cross-border relationships for everyone.
"The South African Supreme Court of Appeal today found in my favour in a case about exchange controls. I will put the returned funds of R250m plus interest into a trust, to underwrite constitutional court cases on behalf of those who’s circumstances deny them the ability to be heard where the counterparty is the State".
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